"Heartwarming. Four Stars" - Roger Ebert
"A lovely, sentimental reminiscence of childhood in wartime." - The New York Times
Cohen Film Collection presents this bittersweet coming of age story, Claude Berri’s THE TWO OF US is also a poignant drama of identity and heritage. When an 8-year-old Jewish boy (Alain Cohen) living in Nazi-occupied France is sent by his parents to live in the country with the Catholic parents of their friends, he is faced with a culture clash both religious and generational. As the grandfatherly Pepe, beloved character actor Michel Simon infuses the role with a gruff tenderness, his growing relationship with the boy a touching portrayal of connection in a broken world.
"It's a wild one and a funny one. A motion picture that will be talked about for years." - The New York Times
Philippe de Broca's follow up to THAT MAN FROM RIO is filled with even more zaniness and hair-raising stunts than its predecessor. Adapted from Jules Verne's 1879 novel "The Tribulation...
"An extraordinary film." - The New Yorker
Winner of the Palme d'Or. Donissan, a mediocre seminarist, haunted by Evil and the failure of his divine mission, mortifies his body and is unable to establish any rapport with his parishioners...until the day the abbot meets young Mouchette, who has ju...
"Astonishing." - Jean-Luc Godard
"A rigorous film made with intelligence and acted with conviction." - The New York Times
After leaving the asylum, Vincent Van Gogh settles in Auvers-sur-Oise, in the home of Doctor Gachet, an art lover and patron. Vincent keeps painting amidst the conflict with...