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Rental > Foreign Cinema > Romance: 18 Films to Rent on VHS
Me You Them (Eu Tu Eles) (2000)
- Dir. Andrucha Waddington
Feat. Regina Case, Lima Duarte, Stenio Garcia
- Set in the arid hinterlands of Brazil, this serio–comic study of rural polyandry has Regina Case (Brazil’s Oprah Winfrey) hitch up three…
Alice Et Martin (1998)
- Dir. Andre Techine
Feat. Juliette Binoche, Carmen Maura, Mathieu Amalric
- A maladjusted young drifter (Alexis Loret) has success as a Paris fashion model and a torrid love affair with his half–brother's…
Love Etc. (1998)
- Dir. Marion Vernoux
Feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charles Berling, Yvan Attal
- Depicts an infernal love–triangle between three friends – taken from the novel ‘Talking It Over’ by Julian Barnes. Charming comedy…
Kitchen (1997)
- Dir. Yim Ho
Feat. Jordan Chan, Yasuko Tomita
- Treading the same grungy Hong Kong streets as the films of Wong Kar–Wai, this adaptation of a novel by Banana Yoshimoto concerns a love affair…
Guantanamera (1996)
- Dir. Tomas Gutierrez Alea, Juan Carlos Tabio
Feat. Carlos Cruz, Mirta Ibarra, Jorge Perugorria…
- A quirky mix of low–speed road movie and romantic comedy following the unsteady progress of a funeral procession across the length of Cuba…
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…
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…
French Woman, A (Une Femme Francaise) (1995)
- Dir. Regis Wargnier
Feat. Emmanuelle Beart, Daniel Auteuil
- Emmanuelle Beart stars in this period tale of idyllic romance compromised by the reality of war. The director of INDOCHINE again embraces the…
Especially On a Sunday (1993)
- Dir. Giuseppe Tornatore, Giuseppe Bertolucci, Marco Tul
Feat. Jean-Hugues Anglade, Patricia Arquette, Nicoletta Braschi…
- Three stories of love and loss from the pen of Tonino Guerra brought to screen life by three directing talents. Sublime fare in the finest European…
Conte D'hiver (A Winter's Tale) (1992)
- Dir. Eric Rohmer
Feat. Charlotte Very, Frederic Van Den Driessche
- A whirlwind romance ends abruptly for a young woman when she accidentally gives her lover a wrong address. Four years pass and she remains possessed…