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Paris police 1900
DVD - 2023
"We are in 1899. The Dreyfus affair is reaching its third inflection point: the captain's retrial at Rennes. The patriotic and antisemitic leagues are in the streets, and their leaders are conspiring to overthrow the government. Add a complex murd..."
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Paris police 1900
DVD - 2023
The beasts
DVD - 2022
"We are in dirt poor rural Galicia at the northwestern tip of Spain. A back-to-the-land French couple are confronted with the stupidity and malice of local hillbillies, who resent what they perceive as the arrogance of the newcomers. The film moves..."
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The beasts
DVD - 2022
All quiet on the Western Front
DVD - 2023
"This is very much a "based on" version that both invents episodes and -- more importantly -- omits crucial elements from Remarque's 1928 novel. It may perhaps appeal to those who have not read the book or seen Lewis Milestone's 1930 classic, which..."
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