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A little-known French romantic drama from the early ’90s that seems to have achieved a little notoriety for a couple of explicit, seemingly unsimulated sex scenes. Here’s the review I wrote for the film on imdb (still the only one there!) when I was a teenager:

When I found this film on an old VHS at the university film library, I didn’t know what to expect. I had never heard of the director, never heard of any of the actors, indeed, never heard of the film.

It’s hard to find words to describe it. The only comparison I can think of is, perhaps, a song by The Cure – an emotionally touching, beautiful tale of love, that is filled with a sense of melancholy and moodiness, and yet never falls into melodrama or self-pity.

Some might find the sex a little explicit. But then again, this is a film about relationships, relationships that consist of little more than sex… it only seems natural that the intimacy should be given its fair share of screen time. Still, the sex never threatens to overwhelm the rest of the film – this is no ‘soft-porn’ dressed up as art, by any means.

Anybody who has ever felt isolated or lonely should get something out of this film. Delphine Zingg’s beauty is matched by the gentle, sometimes removed, camera-work; the dialogue, while at times dense and philosophical, nevertheless has its own beauty.

From what I’m aware, this film hasn’t even been released on DVD. Francesca Comencini doesn’t seem to have directed anything else of note, and Zingg has only acted in a handful of movies. I would strongly recommend getting your hands on this film, somehow… so you too can join me in wondering why Annabelle Partagee is still such an unknown masterpiece.

DVD Source: VHS, DVD5
DVD Format: PAL
DVD Audio: Stereo, AC3
Program: Unknown
Menus: Untouched
Video: Untouched
Audio: Untouched
DVD extras: Untouched

https://nitro.download/view/C723000F425AFE0/Annabelle_Divided.rar

Language:French
Subtitles:English hard

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The scene is a pre-French Revolution Bastille, where various political prisoners are being held: a woman who was raped and impregnated by the king, a police chief who was accused of selling bad pork, and the Marquis, who was unjustly accused of working for the overthrow of the king.

Marquis.1989.576p.BluRay.AAC.x264-ZiGZAG.mkv

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#1:  	French 2.0ch AAC LC @ 127 kb/s
#2:  	French 2.0ch AAC LC @ 63.0 kb/s (Commentary with Eric van Beuren, Claudie Ossard, Philippe Bizot)

https://nitro.download/view/2C3A0D420A92AD9/Marquis.1989.576p.BluRay.AAC.x264-ZiGZAG.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English, French

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The adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother’s discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister’s suicide attempt and sado-masochist tendencies, and the intrusion of a very free-spirited maid and her husband… And it all started with the arrival in the family of an innocent looking rat…

	
Francois Ozon - (1998) Sitcom.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 19 min
Size: 	2.07 GiB
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#1:  	French 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/FE886A24081BC60/Francois_Ozon_-_(1998)_Sitcom.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

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