DVDs available to borrow

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WAKEFIELD FILM SOCIETY – CATALOGUE OF DVDs AVAILABLE TO BORROW

FILM
TYPE
DIRECTOR
CLASS
LENGTH
A Farewell to Arms
Hollywood Classic film from 1932
Frank Borzage
PG
80 mins
A Late Quartet
American drama re string quartet struggling to stay together in the face of difficulties.
Yaron Zilberman
15
105 mins
A Separation
Iranian drama about a marriage breakdown
Asghar Farhadi
PG
117 mins
About Elly
Iranian film about secrets and lies amongst a group of friends on holiday
Asghar Farhadi
12
114 mins
Another Year
Family drama spanning four seasons
Mike Leigh
12
125 mins
Archipelago
British – sharp and comical exposure of middle class family at breaking point
Joanna Hogg
15
109 mins
Brighton Rock
Remake of classic British film based on Graham Greene novel
Rowan Joffe
15
107 mins
Departures
Japanese film looking at sacred part of cultural heritage
Yojiro Takita
12
130 mins
Fish Tank
British drama won Jury Prize at Cannes and BAFTA
Andrea Arnold
15
122 mins
Flame and Citron
Danish film about resistance movement in WW II
Ole Christian Madsen
15
130 mins
Heartbreaker
French Rom-com
Pascale Chaumeil
15
100 mins
Home
DVD produced for Copenhagen Climate Summit Dec 2009
Yann Arthus-Bertrand

114 mins
How I Ended this Summer
Russian drama of survival filmed entirely on a remote location
Alexei Popogrebsky
12
124 mins
I’m So Excited
Spanish rude, raunchy comedy
Pedro Almodovar
15
89 mins
Il Postino
Italian portrayal of a man’s pursuit of love and acceptance
Michael Radford
U
104 mins
In The Fog
Russian tense drama about occupation and collaboration in WW II
Sergei Loznitsa
12
128 mins
Jimmy’s Hall
Set in the Depression in Ireland. Story of conflict with authorities and church.
Ken Loach
12
104 mins
Joyeux Noel
French drama about the Christmas Truce in WW 1
Christian Carion
12
116 mins
Katyn
Polish – harrowing true story of massacre of Polish soldiers in WW II
Andrzej Wajda
15
118 mins
Lad: A Yorkshire Story
Family story – young lad growing up
Dan Hartley
12A
97 mins
Las Acacias
Chilean drama about a lonely truck driver
Pablo Giorgelli
12A
82 mins
Le Bossu
French swashbuckling adventure
Philippe De Broca
15
124 mins
Le Quattro Volte
Italian “mystical” film
Michelangelo Frammartino

U
88 mins
Louise Michel
French – an unpredictable black comedy about two would-be assassins
Benoît Delépine and Gustav Kervern
12
90 mins
Made in Dagenham
British based on real life story of fight for equal pay for women
Nigel Cole
15
108 mins
Meek’s Cutoff
Families setting out in 1845 on the infamous Oregon trail
Kelly Reichardt
PG
98 mins
MicMacs
French quirky comedy
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
12
101 mins
Peepli
Live Indian comedy/drama about farmer threatening to commit suicide
Anusha Rizvi & Mahmood Farooqui

95 mins
Ping Pong
British documentary about senior table tennis


77 mins
Red Dog
Australian comedy based on true story of a dog looking for its master
Kriv Stenders
PG
92 mins
Salt of Life
Italian warm and witty comedy - follow up to Mid-August Lunch
Gianni Di Gregorio
12
85 mins
Samson and Delilah
Australian drama about issues confronting Aborigines
Warwick Thornton
15
101 mins
Senna
Documentary about the racing driver, Ayrton Senna
Asif Kapadia
E
106 mins
Still Walking
Japanese family drama
Hirokazu Koreeda
U
115 mins
Summer in February
British romantic drama re artists’ colony in Cornwall
Christopher Menaul
15
100 mins
The Child
French drama – winner of Palme D’Or 2005
Jean-Piere & Luc Dardenne
15
100 mins
The Great White Silence
The official record of Captain Scott’s legendary expedition to the South Pole
Herbert Ponting
U
108 mins
The Hunt
Danish film about how a chance remark can have terrible consequences
Thomas Vinterberg
15
110 mins
The Illusionist
French animated film
Sylvain Chomet
PG
77 mins
The Patience Stone
Powerful drama of lone woman looking after wounded husband in Afghanistan
Atiq Rahmi
15
98 mins
The Pianist
Based on true story about a Jewish pianist in WW II Poland
Roman Polanski
15
144 mins
The Triplets of Belleville
French animated film
Sylvain Chomet
12
78 mins
Uncle Boonmee
Thai film about death, ghosts and mystery
Apichatpong Weerasethakul
12
113 mins
Vincere
Italian drama about Mussolini’s secret mistress
Marco Bellocchio
15
119 mins
West is West
Sequel to East is East
Andy De Emmony
15
98 mins
Where Do We Go Now
French about conflict between church and mosque in remote village
Nadine Labaki
PG-13
102 mins
Wuthering Heights
2011 remake of classic Emily Bronte novel
Andrea Arnold
15
123 mins


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