French Films at Ames Public Library
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In French with English captions, unless otherwise noted.
Aaltra (DVD FOREIGN AAL) 90 min. 2004.
Rural neighbors who hate each other come to blows one day and get tangled up in a farm tractor, leaving them both paralyzed, wheelchair-bound, and simmering with spite. But rather than feel sorry for themselves, the embittered paraplegics decide to seek revenge against the tractor's manufacturer. They take to the road, on the way to Helsinki.
An Affair of Love (DVD FOREIGN AFF) 78 min. 2000.
A couple begins a sexual arrangement. They share no personal information, including their names. It is perfect until they fall in love.
Un Air de Famille (VIDEO FOREIGN AIR) 105 min. 1996.
A dysfunctional family eats together one night a week. On this Friday, family politics and fights disrupt a birthday party.
Amélie (DVD FOREIGN AME) 122 min. 2001.
Amélie was misdiagnosed in childhood with a heart condition. Nevertheless, she grows into a healthy, beautiful young woman with a romantic nature and decides to step into the lives of others to help them out.
Any Number Can Win (VIDEO FOREIGN ANY) 107 min. 1962.
After serving five years in prison, a professional thief decides to do one more big heist to retire in style. Convincing a former cell-mate to join him, they plan to rob the largest casino on the French Riviera.
Ararat (DVD FOREIGN ARA) In French or English, with English or French captions. 115 min. 2002.
A filmmaker of Armenian descent is in Toronto shooting a film of the Siege of Van, which led to the genocide of over a million Armenians by Turkish troops. Raffi goes to Turkey to shoot background footage. As he re-enters Canada with exposed film, a suspicious customs official detains him.
Army of Shadows (DVD FOREIGN ARM) 145 min. 1969.
A civil engineer, who is one of the chiefs of the French Resistance, is given away by a traitor and interned in a camp. He manages to escape and join his network at Marseilles, where he has the traitor executed.
Artemisia (DVD FOREIGN ART) 96 min. 1997.
The daughter of an Italian painter is forbidden to pursue her own passion for painting. She convinces Agostino Tassi to tutor her, and he not only liberates her artistic talent, but also initiates her into the world of love.
L'Atalante (DVD FOREIGN ATA) 87 min. 1934.
Juliette marries Jean, and they live aboard the barge "L'Atalante" on the Seine River. The bride becomes bored, leaves for Paris, and starts flirting with other men.
Au Hasard Balthazar (DVD FOREIGN AU) 95 min. 1966.
Robert Bresson's masterpiece follows a much-abused donkey, Balthazar, whose life strangely parallels that of his owner, Marie. A beast of burden suffering the sins of man, Balthazar nevertheless nobly accepts his fate.
Au Revoir les Enfants (DVD FOREIGN AUR) 101 min. 1987.
Based on the director's life, this film chronicles Malle's experiences during the German occupation of France in World War II.
L'Auberge Espagnole (DVD FOREIGN AUB) In French and Spanish, with English or Spanish captions. 122 min. 2002.
Xavier, a straight-laced French college senior, goes to Barcelona on a student exchange program. Sharing close quarters with other students leads to multi-cultural chaos.
Avenue Montaigne (DVD FOREIGN AVE) 101 min. 2007.
Jessica is from the provinces, come to Paris to wait tables at a chic bistro. Jessica's customers include an actress who is courting a Hollywood director for her first serious film role; an art collector about to liquidate a lifetime's worth of treasures; and a classical pianist who is at odds with his manager/wife about his career. Jessica doesn't know how celebrated these people are; her unintimidated engagement in their lives transforms them both.
The Aviator's Wife (DVD FOREIGN AVI) 106 min. 1981.
A young man in love with a slightly older woman sees another man leaving her apartment, and follows him.
Babette's Feast (DVD FOREIGN BAB) In Danish, English, French, or Spanish, with English, French, Spanish or Chinese captions. 103 min. 1987.
The arrival of Babette, a refugee from France's civil war, changes life for two pious sisters and their hamlet. Babette convinces them to try a gourmet French meal! Her feast scandalizes the elders, except for the visiting General.
Bamako (DVD FOREIGN BAM) 117 min. 2008. In French and Bambara, with English captions.
Melé, a bar singer, and her unemployed husband Chaka are on the verge of breaking up. In the courtyard of the house they share with other families in Bamako, Mali, African civil society representatives have taken proceedings against such financial institutions as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, whom they blame for Africa's woes. As trial witnesses air indictments against the multinational economic machinery that haunts them, courtyard life presses forward.
The Barbarian Invasions (DVD FOREIGN BAR) 99 min. 2003.
It's hard for a narrow-minded professor to reconcile with his stubborn son. They gather with their wide and colorful circle of family and friends to confront their differences, confess their secrets, and celebrate life.
Beau Travail (DVD FOREIGN BEA) 90 min. 1999.
Loosely based on Melville’s Billy Budd. A sergeant in the French Foreign Legion in Djibouti finds his ordered life turned upside down with the arrival of a new recruit who finds favor with the unit's commander.
Beauty and the Beast (DVD FOREIGN BEA) 93 min. 1946.
The love of a self-sacrificing beauty releases the prince within a kindly beast. Visual treats include tears that become real diamonds and walls that grow arms to light Beauty's path through the castle of the Beast.
Belle de Jour (DVD FOREIGN BEL) 100 min. 1967.
A subtle, erotic film about a surgeon's wife who indulges her masochistic fantasies by working as a prostitute in Paris.
Blame it on Fidel! (DVD FOREIGN BLA) 95 min. 2007.
When Fernando and Marie decide to dedicate themselves full time to various political causes, their nine-year-old daughter, Anna, must learn to face the world on her own.
The Blood of a Poet (DVD FOREIGN BLO) 50 min. 1930.
An artist is driven mad by the sight of blood and a drawing that seems alive.
Blue (DVD FOREIGN BLU) 98 min. 1993.
The first part of a trilogy (Red, White and Blue), a woman is devastated by the death of her husband and child. She retreats from the world, but falls into a web of lies and passion as the dark, secret life of her husband begins to unravel.
Bon Voyage (DVD FOREIGN BON) 115 min. 2003.
Viviane finds a dead man in her apartment. Frédéric is falsely accused of murder, thanks to her. He escapes from prison to find her. They enter a plot involving several bottles of heavy water that must not fall into the hands of the Germans.
Breathless (DVD FOREIGN BRE) 90 min. 1960.
A car thief shoots a policeman and hides in Paris with an American girl, trying to hustle enough cash for a getaway.
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