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CAMPUS contains over 3000 National Film Board (NFB) films, features and resources in both English and French.
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This unique documentary is composed entirely of archival footage and photographs, accompanied by the voice of Stanley Kubrick. Taken from a series of rare interviews, the film provides an opportunity to understand the work of a master filmmaker, giving voice to one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema, as well as one of the most controversial and enigmatic.
3) Joan of Arc
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In the 15th century, both France and England stake a blood claim for the French throne. Believing that God had chosen her, the young Joan leads the army of the King of France. When she is captured, the Church sends her for trial on charges of heresy. Refusing to accept the accusations, the graceful JOAN OF ARC will stay true to her mission. Bruno Dumont’s decision to work with a ten-year-old actress re-injects this heroine’s timeless cause and...
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"From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times"--from www.imdb.com.
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"France in 1563. Protestants and Catholics are fighting for land and power, invoking their religion as justification. At the head of the Protestants stands Henri of Navarre, leading his men against Paris, against the Catholics, and against his mother's powerful rival: Catherine de Medici, Queen of France. Until she offers him the hand of her daughter, Margot, as a sign of reconciliation... but the wedding ends in a terrible bloodbath. Henri survives...
9) Aurore
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Taken from actual events in 1920s Québec, the film deals with a young girl's death as a result of her father's and stepmother's negligence.
12) Dalida
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Résumé: De sa naissance au Caire en 1933 à son premier concert à l'Olympia de Paris en 1956; de son mariage avec Lucien Morisse, directeur de la toute nouvelle radio Europe 1 à l'apogée de la scène disco; de son voyage de découverte en Inde au succès international de Gigi L'Amoroso en 1974, le film Dalida est un portrait touchant et tragique d'une femme émotionnellement complexe née pour être une star. Une femme moderne non conventionnelle...
13) The odyssey
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"Highly influential and a fearlessly ambitious pioneer, innovator, filmmaker, researcher and conservationist, Jacques-Yves Cousteau's aquatic adventure covers roughly thirty years of an inarguably rich in achievements life"--www.imdb.com.
14) Godard mon amour
16) Django
17) Gabor
20) Nelly
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