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Fully French with French subtitles.

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Open Door: Aphasia ()

Synopsis:
Imagine waking up one morning unable to speak or even write down what you want to say. Aphasia damages the ability to use and understand language while leaving the intellect intact. Most often caused by a stroke, this disorder can have a devastating effect on people's lives -- and it's as common as Parkinson's disease with around 5 new cases every day

Contagion (2011)

Synopsis:
Soon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff dies from what is a flu or some other type of infection. Her young son dies later the same day. Her husband Mitch however seems immune. Thus begins the spread of a deadly infection. For doctors and administrators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, several days pass before anyone realizes the extent or gravity of this new infection. They must first identify the type of virus in question and then find a means of combating it, a process that will likely take several months. As the contagion spreads to millions of people worldwide, societal order begins to break down as people panic. 

Starring:
Marion Cotillard
Matt Damon
Laurence Fishburne
Jude Law

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Arabella l'angelo nero (1989)

AKA:
Angel: Black Angel

Synopsis:
Arabella is a nymphomaniac who has sex with any man. One day, her husband, a writer, meets her and another man. She has a strange reaction: kills the lover. Her husband hides the corpse. From that moment on, he encourages her meetings with other men, and writes down the experiences in his new book.

Starring:
Tinì Cansino
Valentina Visconti
Francesco Casale

Director: Stelvio Massi

Lady Chatterley’s Lover (1981)

Starring:
Sylvia Kristel
Shane Briant
Nicholas Clay
Ann Mitchell
Elizabeth Spriggs

Director: Just Jaeckin

FBI: Negotiator (2005)

AKA:
FBI: Die Vermittlerin

Synopsis:
Single mom and FBI agent Laura Martin is about to take on the toughest case of her career! She must negotiate with a desperate woman stricken with cancer who has taken over a hospital in order to get her hands on an experimental drug. Every second counts and one wrong move could cost many lives.

Starring:
Elisabeth Röhm
Chandra West
Woody Jeffreys

Director:  Nicholas Kendall

Hostage (2005)

AKA:
Hostage - Entführt

Synopsis:
Jeff Talley, a former LAPD hostage negotiator, has moved himself away from his failed career outside of Los Angeles, and away from his wife and daughter. When a convenience store robbery goes wrong in his turf, the three perpetrators move in on an unsuspecting family. But the family's father has a secret which might compromise his kin, and one of the criminals is about to jump over the edge. Jeff Talley has to get everybody to survive the night......if he can.

Starring:
Bruce Willis
Kevin Pollak
Jimmy Bennett
Ben Foster
Jonathan Tucker
Serena Scott Thomas
Marshall Allman
Michelle Horn

Director: Florent-Emilio Siri

Jacob (2011)

Synopsis:
Lonely and disturbed Jacob Kell loved his little sister more than anything on earth. When tragedy strikes, Jacob retaliates the only way he knows how - and anyone who crosses his path will know there is no limit to his brutal vengeance.

The Devil's Double (2011)

Synopsis:
Baghdad, the playground for the rich and infamous, where anything can be bought - but for a price. This is Uday Hussein's world and with his depraved lust for debauchery and immorality, he helps himself to whatever turns him on. When army lieutenant Latif Yahia is summoned to Saddam's palace, he is faced with an impossible request - to be Uday's 'fiday' - his body double, or have his family condemned to death. In a world entrenched in betrayal and corruption, knowing who to trust becomes a matter of life or death for Latif, as he battles to escape from his forced existence.


Starring:
Dominic Cooper
Ludivine Sagnier
Raad Rawi

Director: Lee Tamahori

Prapancha Pash (1929)

AKA:
A Throw of Dice  >> English
A Throw of Dice Romance of India >> English
Schicksalswürfel  >> German
Ein Königsdrama aus dem indischen Dschungel >> German
Schicksalswürfel - Eine indische Liebesgeschichte >> German
La partie de dés >> French
Sunita >> Greek

About:
This movie is called to be the first Indian Film ever to showcase a lip-to-lip kiss scene, which was between Seeta Devi and Himansu Rai.

Synopsis:
Two rival kings addicted to gambling, Ranjit (Roy) and the evil Sohan (Rai), also vie for the same woman, Sunita (Seeta Devi), Kanwa the hermit's (Gupta) daughter. Ranjit loses his kingdom and his love and becomes Sohan's slave through a crooked game of dice.

Starring:
Seeta Devi
Himansu Rai
Charu Roy

Director: Franz Osten

Aakhree Raasta (1986)

Synopsis:
David is an old prisoner, released after twenty-four years in a penitentiary for a crime he hasn't committed. The three men who framed him and sent him away, are now prominent citizens of his town. David walks out of the prison straight into a confessional booth at his church. He tells the priest that he is about to kill three prominent men, for which he seeks God's pardon in advance. He must find his old friend, bootlegger and the custodian of David's only son. David had believed in his friend to bring up his son as the worst criminal and seek revenge from the men who put him away. On meeting him, David finds that his son is a Cop instead. Devastated, David continues on his own. When he is about to kill the three men, his son has vowed to protect the citizens under any circumstances. David and his son are at war, personally and the smarter of the duo would win.

Starring:
Amitabh Bachchan
Sridevi
Jayaprada

Director: K. Bhagya Raj

Koshish (1972)

About:
Koshish is considered a landmark movie in the history of Indian cinema. It stars Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bhaduri, Om Shivpuri, Urmila Bhatt, Asrani, Dina Pathak.The movie depicts a deaf and mute couple and their conflicts, pain and struggle to carve out a niche for themselves in a desensitized society.

Starring:
Sanjeev Kumar
Jaya Bhaduri

Director: Gulzar

La drôlesse (1979)

AKA:
The Hussy >> English
Ein kleines Luder  >> German

Synopsis:
Twenty-something François collects boxes and bottles and resells them to shopkeepers. He lives with his insensitive mother and stepfather. Mado a 11-year old, outsider of her family because of the oddness in expressing her feelings gets kidnapped by François. He takes her to live with him in the attic of his parents' home. Despite the circumstances, an increasingly comforting relationship evolves till the police discovers them. They see the situation under a completely different point of view. Based on a true story.

Starring:
Claude Hébert
Madeleine Desdevises
Paulette Lahaye
 Director: Jacques Doillon

Wake Up Sid (2009)

Synopsis:
A spoiled young adult living in Mumbai experiences a change in his lazy ways when he meets a woman at a party, who inspires him to "wake up".

Starring:
Ranbir Kapoor
Anupam Kher
Konkona Sen Sharma
Shruti Bapna

Director: Ayan Mukherjee

Chingari (1971)