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In Saint Tropez, two fisherman brothers become involved with the same woman and one marries her, but she can't hide her feelings for the other. Roger Vadim's classic exploration of sensuality, a series of semi-nude posturings as the sex kitten flits nymphomaniacally from man to man and back again, became a European cinema sensation upon its release and made Bardot a Gallic icon of the Twentieth Century.
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Remake of the Garbo classic, with Leigh as the ill-starred Anna, who leaves her stuffy husband for the eminently more exciting Vronsky. But forbidden love turns sour when Vronsky puts his duty above his mistress, leaving Anna alone to face the cruelty of a disapproving society. Tragic melodrama.
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Certification12
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The last of Wajda's famous trilogy, the one that signifies despair, has Cybulski, the 'Polish James Dean', as a young fighter no longer killing Germans but instructed to assassinate a recently appointed communist official. His deepening love affair with a hotel barmaid has him starting to question the value of his struggle. Superb.
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A well-dressed lady thief (Betty Amann) steals a precious stone from a jewellery shop. The aged jeweller prefers to let the young woman go, but the policeman who catches her explains he is obliged to pursue the case further. She tries to seduce the policeman (Gustav Frohlich), and he gradually succumbs to her charms, but her criminal background dooms their relationship when an argument leads to murder. One of the last great German Expressionist films of the silent era, Joe May's 'Asphalt' is a l
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Certification15
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A wonderfully serene and charming comedy, the third instalment of the saga of Antoine Doinel, in which he wanders into a job as a private investigator, and then falls hopelessly and unrealistically in love with a client's wife. Classically Truffaut, with a gentle, wandering narrative, fantastic cinematography (Paris the summer of 1968) and some very funny dialogue. A real corker.
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In the middle of the Second World War teenage Alyosha is commended for destroying two German tanks, but, rather than take a medal, he requests a four day pass to visit his mother. Ballad of a Soldier is about this journey and the life enhancing encounters therein. Nominated at the 1962 Academy Awards for Best Screenplay, this classic of post-war Soviet Realism won many international film awards on its release, most notably a BAFTA Award for Best Film.
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Ava Gardner is superb in this glitzy Hollywood reprise of the Cinderella story. She is Maria, the Hollywood starlet who rises from poverty and spends all her time trying to deny and forget her past, much to her own unhappiness. Touching glamorous and superbly directed by Mankiewicz.
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In order to relieve the tension of depressing surroundings and boring people Northern English working class lad Billy spends most of his time in his own fantasy world. However all could change when he meets Liz and discovers that he may be able to escape into a new, bearable reality. A Brit classic that can be classified as 'kitchen sink' - the comedy.
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Dietrich's screen husband is fatally ill and only an expensive operation can save him. She returns to cabaret life and meets a wealthy playboy who pays for the operation and takes her in return. When hubbie recovers she refuses to face the situation and goes AWOL. A tale of crossed love and a bizarre mixture of fairytale and social-realist drama containing the iconic 'Hot Voodoo' scene in which Dietrich emerges from a gorilla-skin.
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