Perrin, Jacques 1941-Overview
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Jacques Perrin
Winged migration
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5 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and Spanish and held by 1,834 libraries worldwide Follows bird migrations flying over the seven continents: from one pole to the other, from the seas to snowcapped mountains, from the canopy of heaven to mangroves and swamps.
Nuovo cinema paradiso
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3 editions published between 1999 and 2006 in Italian and held by 1,175 libraries worldwide A filmmaker returns to his Sicilian hometown for the first time in thirty years and looks back on his life. As a young boy he was befriended by the projectionist at the movie theater, the Cinema Paradiso. As he grew up, he learned to love films, and was encouraged by his good friend to pursue his dream of one day making movies.
The chorus Les choristes
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11 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in French and held by 1,041 libraries worldwide Unemployed music teacher Clement Mathieu becomes the supervisor at a boarding school for the rehabilitation of minors. Dismayed by the repressive administration, he works to positively transform the students' lives through music.
Oceans
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3 editions published in 2010 in French and English and held by 981 libraries worldwide Features an exhilarating look under the sea through the eyes of those that live there. Incredible state-of-the-art-underwater filmmaking will take viewers breath away as they migrate with whales, swim alongside a great white shark, and race with dolphins at play. Includes first-ever images of elusive deepwater creatures, featurettes, music video, filmmaker annotations, and more.
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
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44 editions published between 1988 and 2006 in 6 languages and held by 943 libraries worldwide A young boy in a small Italian village is befriended by the projectionist at the movie theater, the Cinema Paradiso. As he grows up he learns to love films, and is encouraged by his good friend to pursue his dream of one day making movies.
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13 editions published between 1900 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 870 libraries worldwide A Greek pacifist leader is murdered at a rally. Despite the official police report of accidental death, a journalist's persistent questioning leads to a full-scale investigation, revealing corruption in high places.
Himalaya
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7 editions published between 2001 and 2004 in Tibetan and Nepali and held by 664 libraries worldwide The story of a generational struggle for the leadership of a tiny mountain village between its proud old chief and a headstrong young caravanner. The balance of power shifts uneasily as they make their annual salt trek across the Himalayas.
Microcosmos le peuple de l'herbe
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6 editions published between 1996 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 621 libraries worldwide A close-up view of a variety of insects as they hatch from eggs, search for food and cope with a rain storm. Ants race to gather food as a pheasant gobbles them up while a dung beetle moves his prize up hill and down. Makes use of time-lapse and microphotographic techniques.
Black and white in color
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1 edition published in 2003 in French and held by 362 libraries worldwide Black and white in color: A French colony in Africa's Ivory Coast discovers months after the fact that World War I has begun. Spurred on by a capricious patriotism, they figure they'll do their part by attacking the German colony up the river. After all, they have six rifles, and one of them is an automatic. So off to war they march -- or rather, their servants do, carrying the white folk on palanquins. They soon stop for a lovely picnic. When machine gun fire is heard in the distance, they run back to the safety of the colony. All goes well until a young geographer becomes the key strategist for the French, working with the local tribal chief and turning the old colonial social hierarchy on its head.
11'09"01 September 11 a film
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3 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in Multiple languages and English and held by 356 libraries worldwide 11 directors from different countries and cultures. 11 visions of the tragic events that occurred in New York City on September 11th 2001. 11 points of view committing their subjective conscience. Complete freedom of expression. Reflecting on the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in short films lasting 11 minutes, 9 seconds and 1 frame each. In subject matter, they range from the very personal, to an oscillation between didacticism and relativism, to moments of pure cinema.
Le petit lieutenant
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3 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in French and held by 331 libraries worldwide Antoine, an ambitious young rookie cop from Normandy, joins an elite plainclothes crime unit in Paris. He is happy, but misses his wife, who prefers the countryside and has stayed behind. His co-workers, drinking buddies, and mentors include cynical veteran Mallet and Moroccan Muslim Solo. He also develops a close relationship with his supervisor, Inspector Vaudieu, a recovering alcoholic who develops maternal feelings towards Antoine. When the body of a Polish drifter is found murdered along the Seine, a seemingly routine investigation suddenly turns violent and changes Antoine's life forever.
Peau d'ane Donkey skin
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6 editions published between 2003 and 2008 in French and held by 278 libraries worldwide A princess flees marriage to her father by wearing his prize donkey skin as a disguise. When a neighboring Prince comes to town, a romance is born.
Jacques Perrin presents oceans
by François Sarano
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1 edition published in 2010 in English and held by 243 libraries worldwide Offers a comprehensive guide to the world's oceans, focusing on various forms of sea life around the world and the threats they face from pollution and global warming, as well as a behind-the-scenes glimpse of practical film-making under demanding and difficult conditions.
La corsa dell'innocente The flight of the innocent
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2 editions published between 1994 and 2003 in Italian and held by 159 libraries worldwide A young Italian boy, the son of a brutal kidnapper, is the only survivor when his family is killed by a rival gang. The boy flees, pursued by the police and the killers, and searches for a new life with a loving family unlike his own and an end to his family's history of criminal behavior.
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
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10 editions published between 1988 and 2003 in Italian and English and held by 156 libraries worldwide A young boy in a small Italian village is befriended by the projectionist at the movie theater, the Cinema Paradiso. As the boy grows up, he learns to love films, and is encouraged by his good friend to pursue his dream of one day making movies.
Nuovo cinema paradiso
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in Italian and held by 99 libraries worldwide A young boy in a small Italian village is befriended by the projectionist at the movie theater, the Cinema Paradiso. As the boy grows up, he learns to love films, and is encouraged by his good friend to pursue his dream of one day making movies.
Il deserto dei tartari Desert of the tartars
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4 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in Italian and held by 97 libraries worldwide "For his first commission, infantry lieutenant Drogo is stationed at a remote desert garrison on the mist-shrouded border of the North Kingdom. Filling their days with endless drilling, the soldiers of Fortezza Bastiani spend the long nights wondering about an enemy no one has ever seen. As the days stretch into months, the strain of waiting for attack takes its toll on Drago's comrades: sadistic major Mattis, sardonic Lieutenant Simeon, cynical medic Rovine, and humiliated Captain Hortiz, who lives with the shame of having once sounded the alarm against an attack that vanished before anyone else could see." --Container.
Winged migration
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8 editions published between 2002 and 2009 in English and French and held by 77 libraries worldwide Open your eyes to the wonders of the natural world as you fly along with the world's most gorgeous birds. From areas as remote as the Arctic to the lush forests of the Amazon. Through populated cities such as New York City and Paris. Five film crews followed a rich variety of bird migrations through 40 countries and each of the seven continents. Cinematographers used planes, gliders, helicopters and balloons to fly alongside, above, below and in front of the birds.
Guelwaar
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1 edition published in 1996 in French and held by 75 libraries worldwide When Guelwaar, a political activist and a Christian, is mistakenly buried in a Muslim cemetery, family members, political and religious leaders become embroiled in the dispute.
Travelling birds
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6 editions published between 2002 and 2006 in French and English and held by 66 libraries worldwide In the northern hemisphere spring, migrating birds fly towards the Arctic lands, where they were born, to reproduce. Some fly without pause, others in stages. They use astronomy to navigate and are sensitive to the earths magnetic field. Arriving from every continent, they disperse and mate. The new chicks have to quickly learn to fly to undertake their first supreme test, the migration south to warmer climes as the Arctic summer ends. This is a DVD that documents some of those extraordinary airborne journeys alongside the birds. more
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Amistad (Schooner) Assassination Assassination--Investigation Biotic communities Birds--Migration Children and adults Detective and mystery films Documentary films Drama Ecology Feature films Feature films Fiction films Film adaptations Films for the hearing impaired Foreign films France Friendship Himalaya Mountains Insects Interpersonal relations Italy Italy--Sicily Journalists Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation Male friendship Manners and customs Man-woman relationships Marine animals Marine ecology Melodramas (Motion pictures) Motion picture producers and directors Motion pictures Motion pictures, French Motion pictures, Italian Motion picture theaters Murder--Investigation Music--Instruction and study Nepal--Dolpā Nonfiction films Ocean Political crimes and offenses Reminiscing September 11 Terrorist Attacks (2001) Teenagers and adults Video recordings for the hearing impaired Video recordings--for the hearing impaired Whales Wildlife films Young men
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Alternative Names
Simonet, Jacques, 1941-
Languages
French
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Italian (84) English (71) Spanish (21) Undetermined (11) Multiple languages (11) Tibetan (10) No Linguistic content (2) Turkish (2) Chinese (1) Russian (1) Vietnamese (1) Arabic (1) Greek, Modern (1) Nepali (1) Covers
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