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2000 Seen By... Collection Boxed set includes all eight parts of the "2000 Seen By..." collection. THE BOOK OF LIFE (1998, 63 min.) - Hal Hartley, THE FIRST NIGHT OF MY LIFE (1998, 84 min.) - Miguel Albaladejo, THE HOLE (1998, 95 min.) - Tsai Ming-Liang, LIFE ON EARTH (1998, 61 min.) - Abderrahmane Sissako, MIDNIGHT (1998, 72 min.) - Daniela Thomas and Walter Salles…    more      25 Watts This affable low-budget affair from Uruguay captures a day in the life of three friends--Leche (Daniel Handler), Javi (Jorge Temponi), and Seba (Alfonso Tort)--as they bumble their way through a lazy, hungover Saturday in Montevideo. Full Synopsis: Along the way, they encounter a series of bizarre characters who remind…    more      3 Films by Louis Malle Few directors have portrayed the agonies and epiphanies of growing up as poetically – and scandalously – as Louis Malle. Laced with autobiographical details, Murmur of the Heart; Lacombe, Lucien; and Au revoir les enfants tell stories of youth, set against the tumult of World War II and postwar France. Controversial, tragic…    more      36 Fillette While on a camping vacation with her family, 14-year-old Lili sets out to lose her virginity. She pursues for her first lover Maurice, a 40-year-old computer salesman, but "at the moment of truth," she's assailed by lingering doubts. Alternately aggressive and resistant, Lili confuses herself and frustrates Maurice as she tries to make up her mind…    more      49th Parallel A taut, suspenseful World War II drama about Nazi servicemen trying to make their way across Canada to reach neutral American land after their U-boat is sunk in the Gulf of the St. Lawrence. The best of British and Canadian talent were brought together to create this brilliant piece of war-time propaganda. Eric Portman as the sinister…    more      5 x 2 Focusing on the failed relationship of a thirtysomething couple, French director Francois Ozon (SWIMMING POOL, UNDER THE SAND) organizes this film into five chapters they shared together. In backwards chronology, the first chapter of Marion (Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi) and Gilles's (Stephane Freiss) story has them signing divorce papers…    more