Jean Carmet

Die F lschung -- Set in Beirut during the 1970s Civil War, Bruno Ganz and Hanna Schygulla star in this extraordinary film about how the West in general and journalists in particular confront terrorism in the Middle East. This film has only become more relevant with age.

Knock -- Casie, a bright young college girl is home alone and up late studying for her finals when she suddenly hears a strange knocking on her front door.

During the Second Napoleonic Empire, Etienne Lantier finds employment as a coal miner in the northern French town of Montsou. He immediately encounters misery and degradation in the apalling conditions of the mine. There he meets men as unscrupulous as Chaval and, conversely, as generous as Maheu. In fact a whole range of suffering humanity, labouring under the curse of capitalism.

During the Second Napoleonic Empire, Etienne Lantier finds employment as a coal miner in the north of France. He immediately encounters misery and degredation in the apalling conditions of the mine. There he meets men as unscrupulous as Chaval and, conversely, as generous as Maheu. In fact, a whole range of suffering humanity, labouring under the curse of capitalism.

Set in Beirut during the 1970s Civil War, Bruno Ganz and Hanna Schygulla star in this extraordinary film about how the West in general and journalists in particular confront terrorism in the Middle East. This film has only become more relevant with age.

When her friend goes missing -- possibly at the hands of a serial killer -- while cycling through the French countryside, a British nurse (Pamela Franklin) is desperate to discover her fate. But the locals are unhelpful, and when an enigmatic detective joins the case, she begins to suspect his real motives and identity. This smart and creepily effective genre-bending suspense movie also stars Michele Dotrice, Claude Bertrand and Jean Carmet.

Tracing the story of 16th-century French priest St. Vincent de Paul (Pierre Fresnay), this compelling biography explores his remarkable mission to promote peace and faith among both peasants and nobles. He faced slavery in Algiers as a boy and the horrific Black Death in Europe as an adult but maintained his compassionate call for harmony. The internationally acclaimed film won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 1948.