Birkin, Jane 1946-

Blowup by Michelangelo Antonioni ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1966 and 2004 in 3 languages and held by 1,133 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A sa sortie en 1967, "Blow-Up" a sans conteste provoqué de vives réactions parmi les spécialistes du cinéma. Analyses et critiques furent légions. Le simple spectateur, lui, ne cherchait pas à explorer les motivations et les messages de Michelangelo Antonioni. Pour lui, seule comptait l'atmophère "branchée" de ce Londres de la mode à la fin des années 1960 et l'intrigue, un suspense policier passionnant, magistralement rendue par Vanessa Redgrave et David Hemmings

Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie ( Visual )
33 editions published between 1977 and 2009 in 6 languages and held by 622 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set amidst the Egyptian landscape, Hercule Poirot must unravel the web of treachery and guilt woven by the murderer of a beautiful young heiress

Evil under the sun by Guy Hamilton ( Visual )
35 editions published between 1981 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 571 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An opulent beach resort is the setting as Hercules Poirot attempts to unravel the murder of an actress everyone has reason to hate

La belle noiseuse The beautiful troublemaker by Jacques Rivette ( Visual )
40 editions published between 1990 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 486 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An artist near the end of his career finds new inspiration in a young model. A famous and well-respected artist who lives in a comfortable estate in the French countryside, at the age of 60, considers his career as a painter to be over. He no longer feels inspired to create, and his last attempt at a major work, a nude study of his wife Liza, has sat unfinished for ten years. His protégé suggests a more inspiring subject, who exchanges ideas and opinions, as he methodically attempts to create a final masterpiece

Around a small mountain 36 vues du Pic Saint Loup ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2010 in French and held by 315 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
On a winding mountain road, Vittorio stops to help Kate, whose car has broken down. After gallantly making the repair, without a single word spoken, he speeds off. When their paths cross again, Vittorio learns that Kate has returned to join her family's traveling circus after leaving under mysterious conditions many years ago. Intrigued by her story, Vittorio stays for the show, and the next one, and little by little is integrated into the circus and the lives of its performers

Agatha Christie's Death on the Nile ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 233 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set amidst the Egyptian landscape, Hercule Poirot must unravel the web of treachery and guilt woven by the murderer of a beautiful young heiress

The last September ( Visual )
3 editions published between 2000 and 2006 in English and held by 228 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Set in County Cork, Ireland, in 1920, the drama unfolds at Danielstown, the home of Anglo-Irish aristocrats Sir Richard Naylor and his wife, Lady Myra. As the war for Irish independence escalates around them, Sir Richard's nineteen-year-old niece, Lois, struggles with her longings for love and the yearning for freedom. She is being courted by a British Army captain who is deeply in love with her. But when she discovers an old childhood friend who is now an Irish freedom fighter hiding out on their estate, she becomes fascinated by the rebel he has become"--Container

Daddy nostalgie by Bertrand Tavernier ( Visual )
23 editions published between 1990 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 171 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The setting is the Riviera in autumn. A retired English businessman has just been through heart surgery but it has, apparently, done little to relieve his constant pain or improve his long-term survival prospects. During his recuperation Caroline, his adult daughter, comes from Paris to be with him and her mother, Miche, and she and her father begin to communicate as adults for the first time." -- Container

Soigne ta droite by Jean-Luc Godard ( Visual )
18 editions published between 1986 and 2013 in French and German and held by 156 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"The Idiot" (also known as "The Prince") has been guaranteed financing for a film, but only if he can deliver it within 24 hours. He encounters all sorts of hilarious problems as he attempts to do so. Meanwhile, a pop group works on a new album

Twice born ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2014 in English and held by 112 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Longing to show her son the country where she fell passionately in love with his father, an Italian professor heads off on a summer vacation to the battle-scarred city of Sarajevo. There she discovered a long-hidden secret, which reveals a past more haunted that even her memories can disclose