La note bleue / Blue Note (1991)
Drama | Music | Romance
The film covers the last few days of fragile Chopin's professional life.
Starring: Marie-France Pisier, Janusz Olejniczak, Sophie Marceau, Féodor Atkine, Aurélien Recoing, Benoît Le Pecq, Roman Wilhelmi
Director: Andrzej Zulawski
The Jewish Cardinal / Le métis de Dieu (2013)
Biography
The Jewish Cardinal tells the amazing true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger; the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants; who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age; and later joining the priesthood. Quickly rising within the ranks of the Church; Lustiger was appointed Archbishop of Paris by Pope Jean Paul II – and found a new platform to celebrate his dual identity as a Catholic Jew; earning him both friends and enemies from either group. When Carmelite nuns settle down to build a convent within the cursed walls of Auschwitz; Lustiger finds himself a mediator between the two communities – and may be forced at last to choose his side.
Starring: Laurent Lucas, Aurélien Recoing, Audrey Dana, Pascal Greggory, Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet, Alex Skarbek
Director: Ilan Duran Cohen
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Sharpe's Challenge (2006)
Action | Adventure | History | War
Two years after the Duke of Wellington crushes Napoleon at Waterloo, there is news from India of a local Maharaja, who is threatening British interests there. Wellington sends Sharpe to investigate on what turns out to be his most dangerous mission to date. When a general's beautiful daughter is kidnapped by an Indian warlord, the tension mounts, leaving Sharpe no option but to pursue the enemy right into his deadly lair. Deep in the heart of enemy territory, he also has to keep at bay the beautiful but scheming Regent, Madhuvanthi, who is out to seduce him. The fate of an empire and the life of a general's daughter lie in one man's hands.
Starring: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Toby Stephens, Padma Lakshmi, Aurélien Recoing, Lucy Brown
Director: Tom Clegg
