A union pensioner and his wife are robbed, but find that merely getting the assailants brought to justice is not enough for their consciences.

Les.Neiges.Du.Kilimandjaro.2011.FRENCH.576p.BDRip.x264.AC3-zitoune69.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 46 min
Size: 	2.28 GiB
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Resolution: 	1024x552 
Aspect ratio:  	1.85:1
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#1:  	French 5.1ch AC-3 @ 448 kb/s (Surround)

https://nitro.download/view/3B339BE7F3FDCF4/Les.Neiges.Du.Kilimandjaro.2011.FRENCH.576p.BDRip.x264.AC3-zitoune69.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English, French

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In Marseille, a family gathers for the birth of baby Gloria. But despite the joy, the young parents have fallen on tough times. As they try to make ends meet, they reconnect with Gloria’s ex-convict grandfather.

Gloria.Mundi.2019.FRENCH.AC3.720p.WEB.H264-EXTREME.mkv

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Runtime: 	1 h 46 min
Size: 	2.49 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1280x688 
Aspect ratio:  	1.85:1
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
Bit rate: 	2 945 kb/s
BPP: 	0.139
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#1:  	French 5.1ch AC-3 @ 384 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/0A22CF8BA188658/Gloria.Mundi.2019.FRENCH.AC3.720p.WEB.H264-EXTREME.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/37E1EA86288697A/Gloria.Mundi.2019.FRENCH.AC3.720p.WEB.H264-EXTREME.srt

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

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Based on James Baldwin’s novel “If Beale Street Could Talk” (1974), the action is transferred from Harlem to present day working class districts around Marseilles harbour. The movie chronicles the inter-racial love story between white Clem and black Bebe, who was adopted by a white family, along with his sister. They plan to marry but Bebe is in prison accused of raping a Bosnian refugee who, manipulated by a racist white policeman, has disappeared after denouncing him.

“From the director of Marius et Jeannette, this story of two working-class families is a fable with an optimist streak. A young black man, Francois, is wrongly accused of rape by a racist policeman. The story is told in voiceover by his childhood friend, neighbor, and the mother of his future child, Clementine, who is white. The city is Marseilles as in the previous film, symbolic with its churches, prisons and ruins. Except in this film, director Robert Guediguian also ventures outside, taking the story to Sarajevo; two different cities, one devastated by war, the other by a bad economy and unemployment. A la Place du coeur won a Special Jury Prize at the 1998 San Sebastian Film Festival and was also shown at the 1998 Toronto Film Festival and the 1998 Montreal Film Festival.”

Where the Heart Is [A La Place Du Coeur] (Robert Guediguian 1998).mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 47mn
Size: 	1.52 GiB
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#1:  	French 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 Kbps (Stereo)

https://nitro.download/view/DA638B1081D4B9E/Where_the_Heart_Is__A_La_Place_Du_Coeur__(Robert_Guediguian_1998).mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

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“…It began with the a couple much like Joseph and Mary, only in a modern French setting. This fable continued for a little longer, until it became revealed that it was a story being read to a near-catatonic woman by an older lady. The younger of the women turns out to be Natasha, a pediatrician amongst the poor in Marseilles, and a political activist. She is the central character, and the rest of the film delves into her story, through flashbacks, and the contradiction that she represents.

Natasha, it turns out, was born of a Christian mother (the lady reading her favourite stories in the belief that they may help her out of her current dumb state), and a communist father. This pairing is symbolised best in her nativity sets, which are both quite elaborate, but which, as a concession to her father, lack the infant Jesus in the manger. Much of Natasha’s life up until the event which provoked her current state of incommunication (shown near the end) involved another doctor called Jeremy, her long-term lover. Jeremy has a family of his own, though these are never shown, and apart from social work and politics, he is Natasha’s true love, even if his own politics seems distinct to hers.

Set closer to the present is another love story, another pairing of contradictions: a teenage girls, born of immigrant parents, and her beau, Rachid, against whom the girl’s father has taken a great disliking.

I won’t go into the many revelations relating to these relationships and their evolution, but it is interesting that the director Guedigian is himself an arch-communist – interesting because this film is far more involved than the political rant one might have expected. The characters are all well-rounded, convincing combinations of idealism and personal weakness. Their complexity is reflected in a combination of religious imagery and social realism. One might even say that through the story of the Nativity a balance is found: the Mother of God does indeed find no welcome at the inn. It is certainly a theme that is returned to several times in the film.

The acting by all concerned is superb. Apparently they have worked a lot together, and they really seem to gel as a unit, while playing their roles with utter conviction. The story progresses smoothly, keeping the viewer hooked for each new revelation about Natasha, her past and her present. There are also some political points well worth chewing upon also, though, consistent with the tone of the film, they are as much matters of simple humanity as they are about politics….”

1.65GB | 1h 44min | 756×454 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/550B4488EB0D3ED/Mon_Pere_Est_Ingenieur_AKA_My_Father_Is_An_Engineer__Robert_Guediguian_2004__(1).mkv

Language:French
Subtitles:English

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“Robert Guédiguian is well-known for his idiosyncratic slices of life set
in his beloved Marseille, in films such as Marius et Jeannette (1997)
and À la place du coeur (1998). Whilst most of Guédiguian’s films are set in this historic
French port they span a remarkable range of genres and encompass a
dizzying assortment of themes, including noir-style thriller intrigue,
classic romance and pressing social issues. Ki lo sa?, Guédiguian’s
third feature, is one of his more unusual films in this series, a
surprisingly dark and mystical work which explores various
existentialist concerns through the interlocking prisms of black comedy
and social realism. A far more intimate and understated work than the
director’s preceding migrant-themed saga Rouge midi (1985), it is a film
dealing with failure and disillusionment and invites us to ponder what a
successful life looks like, indeed whether the question has any validity.

Here, Guédiguian regulars Ariane Ascaride, Gérard Meylan, Jean-Pierre
Darroussin and Pierre Banderet play four disparate individuals who, when
confronted with their personal failings since childhood, decide that
life is too painful to endure and so opt for the nearest exit. The
subject matter is grim (perhaps more than it needs to be) but the
director brings to it his customary poetic and humane sensibility,
making it an intensely involving film. Ki lo sa? is quite unlike any
other film that Robert Guédiguian has made so far, and yet it is
unmistakably his own.”

1.28GB | 1 h 25 min | 921×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/0E32F5F2E1DF84C/Ki_lo_sa_(Robert_Guediguian,_1985).mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

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Barsam, Anna’s father, is seriously ill. Before he dies, he would like to bequeath something to his daughter: a sense of doubt. As he flees to Armenia, he leaves several clues in his wake so that Anna can come after him. For Anna, this journey she is obliged to make in an unknown country, becomes what her father wanted it to be: an initiation, a sentimental journey, a second adolescence. She finds him in a little village, lost in the Caucasian mountains, seated dreaming under a blossoming apricot tree. She will come to doubt her identity, her relationships and her commitments.

2.26GB | 1h 59mn | 1020×574 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/CD164B0BE332BBE/Le_voyage_en_Armenie_(2006)_–_Robert_Guediguian.mkv

Language:French, Armenian
Subtitles:English (muxed), French (for the Armenian parts)

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