Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Foreign Cinema: 311 Films to Rent on VHS
- Sex and Zen Pt. 2 (1996)
- Dir. Chin Man-Kei
Feat. Loletta Lee, Tat-Wah Lok
- A creepy polygamist meets his match in the 'mirage woman' in this twice–as–smutty, half–as–funny sequel to the outlandish…
- Summer in La Goulette (1996)
- Dir. Ferid Boughedir
Feat. Sonia Mankai, Ava Cohen-Jonathan, Sarah Pariente…
- Three families of disparate cultures enjoy harmony in Tunisian paradise, until three of their beautiful daughters flirt with losing their virginity,…
- When the Cat's Away (1996)
- Dir. Cedric Klapisch
Feat. Garance Clavel, Zinedine Soualem
- A movie for cat lovers and young romantics alike, this Latino–tinged, funky, yet alluringly modest French film follows the dowdy–cute…
- Will It Snow for Christmas? (1996)
- Dir. Sandrine Veysset
Feat. Dominique Reymond, Daniel Duval
- Not a seasonal film 'for the whole family', rather a slow–paced evocation of hard–won, rural life for an impoverished French family of…
- All Things Fair (1995)
- Dir. Bo Widerberg
Feat. Johan Widerberg, Marika Lagercrantz
- The late Bo Widerberg's swansong records a bittersweet memoir of his love affair with a teacher 22 years his senior. The casting of his young son in…
- Bait, The (L'Appat) (1995)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Marie Gillain
- A claustrophobic psychological thriller dealing with a trio of young friends who naively conspire to commit a home invasion, that becomes a study of…
- Brother of Sleep (1995)
- Dir. Joseph Vilsmaier
Feat. Andre Eisermann, Dana Vavrova, Ben Becker…
- A bastard child born in remote 19th century Bavaria proves to have an eerie, powerful musical gift, causing consternation among the inbred, somewhat…
- Colonel Chabert, Le (1995)
- Dir. Yves Angelo
Feat. Gerard Depardieu, Fanny Ardant, Fabrice Luchini…
- After being presumed dead in Napoleonic battle, Gerard Depardieu returns to his home town to find his wife, his money and his honour being betrayed…
- Convent, The (1995)
- Dir. Manoel de Oliveira
Feat. John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
- Academic couple John Malkovich and Catherine Deneuve survey a spooky ancient convent in a quest to prove that Shakespeare is of Spanish descent. From…
- D'Artagnan's Daughter (Revenge of the Musketeers) (1995)
- Dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Feat. Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret
- This gleefully French swashbuckler checks in as a loose sequel to the Three Muskeeters. The magnetic Sophie Marceau stars as the feisty titular…