Synopsis
Comedy: After French yuppie Arthur Vlaminck has graduated at the National School of Administration he joins the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs. Vlaminck’s ambitious new colleagues try to bully him around while his superior Claude Maupas acts on the other hand rather phlegmatic. Somewhat surprisingly Vlaminck’s career gains momentum.

Quai.d.Orsay.AKA.The.French.Minister.2013.576p.BluRay.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1h 53mn
Size: 	2.80 GiB
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Resolution: 	1024x554 
Aspect ratio:  	1.85:1
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Audio
#1:  	French 5.1ch AC-3 @ 448 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/A300284594F6D74/Quai.d.Orsay.AKA.The.French.Minister.2013.576p.BluRay.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English, French

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A ‘salt of the Earth’ Missouri woman on vacation in Paris slowly gives in to the advances of a pushy–and very much married–French yuppie. Will their unconventional romance last until September, when she must return home?

Until.September.1984.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

General
Container:	Matroska
Runtime:	1h 35mn
Size:	1.32 GiB
DXVA:	Compatible
Minimum settings:	Met
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Codec:	x264
Resolution:	714x388 ~> 714x446
Aspect ratio:	16:10
Frame rate:	23.976 fps
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English 2.0ch AC-3 @ 192 Kbps

https://nitro.download/view/CF80132B79D674A/Until.September.1984.DVDRip.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language(s):English
Subtitles:English, Spanish, French

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The tears of a clown give French tragicomedy Strange Gardens an unexpected power. For 15-year-old Lucien (Damien Jouillerot), there’s nothing more embarrassing than his father Jacques’ (Jacques Villeret) circus routine. Dressing up in funny feet, white makeup, and a bright red nose to entertain the village, he’s a hit with everyone except his own son. But, as Jacques’ best friend André (André Dussollier) explains, there’s a history to his act that goes beyond simple clowning and to his experiences in the Second World War.

Effroyables.jardins.AKA.Strange.Gardens.2003.mkv

General
Container:	Matroska
Runtime:	1h 32mn
Size:	1.46 GiB
DXVA:	Compatible
Minimum settings:	Not met
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Codec:	x264
Resolution:	716x432 ~> 1015x432
Aspect ratio:	2.35:1
Frame rate:	25.000 fps
Bit rate:	1 635 kb/s
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#1:	French 5.1ch AC-3 @ 384 kb/s (Surround)
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https://nitro.download/view/3281E1310B1B70F/Effroyables.jardins.AKA.Strange.Gardens.2003.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:French

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Synopsis (possible spoilers):
‘Vincent, a stunt pilot, is acquitted of murdering his wife and her lover. However, a few years later, L’Elegant, the Judge in the case, comes to blackmail him. The Judge’s nephew, Paul, is having trouble with his wife and they demand that Vincent kill her. The Judge, a confirmed bachelor, takes Paul and Vincent on the road to search for Paul’s wife Marie. The three men get on well together, and spend their time discussing their relationship with women.’
– Will Gilbert (IMDb)

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Language:French,Russian
Subtitles:English

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Quote:
The man responsible for some of the funniest contemporary French films of the past thirty years (a few of which have been remade in the U.S.) releases one of his most creative and sweet-natured comedies about Francois, a dull accountant (Daniel Auteuil) who, after being forced out of the large group photo at his work for “space reasons” overhears that he is about to be fired.

Divorced from the wife he still loves and a son who’s been growing distant from him, Auteuil’s job crunching numbers for the local condom factory has been the one thing that’s kept him going for years. A new neighbor intervenes in Francois’s plight by doctoring photographs and sending them anonymously to his work, implicating Francois as gay, knowing full well from his own experience in the corporate world, that the company wouldn’t want to fire him for what others may perceive as reasons of homophobia.

Soon, as the film’s tagline reads, “in order to save his job, he must come out of the closet he never went into” as the entire company reacts in various manners from his female colleagues trying to play detective and some of the male ones turning a bit hostile, including Gerard Depardieu in a hilarious turn as a homophobic coworker whom Thierry Lhermitte encourages to make nice with Francois by manipulating the prejudiced and weak-minded Depardieu for his own sport.

A thoughtful, highly intelligent film that makes some great points about corporate politics and tolerance, the actors (including costars Jean Rochefort and Michele Laroque) provide excellent support and The Closet is one of Veber’s best in recent years. Note: for a fun Veber double feature, pair The Closet with The Dinner Game.

1.41GB | 1h 24mn | 1024×432 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/9A5529A711956A2/Francis_Veber_-_(2001)_The_Closet.mkv

Language(s):French
Subtitles:English

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Synopsis:
Inspector René Boirond has been policing a crime-ridden neighbourhood of Paris for over twenty years. In that time, he has learned that the best way to do his job is to turn a blind eye to most of the petty criminality that surrounds him and adopt a live and let live approach to dealing with crooks, pimps and other lowlife. Of course, the backhanders he receives by way of recompense is always a welcome supplement to his meagre salary. René’s mutually advantageous system is suddenly placed in jeopardy when François Lesbuche, a young and enthusiastic cop straight out of police school, is assigned to work with him.

An idealist who has yet to appreciate the difficulties of modern policing, François has none of his superior’s laissez-faire tolerance and instead intends enforcing the law wherever and whenever he can. For René, this spells disaster. The last thing he wants is to put at risk the friendly relations it has taken him so long to establish with the district’s criminal fraternity. With the help of Simone, an ageing hooker, and Natacha, a seductive call girl, the wily inspector sets out to make a dishonest cop of François.

The transformation turns out to be more spectacular than René had hoped. Not only does François look different, his whole behaviour and moral outlook have changed, and he is soon trying to rope his partner into a criminal exploit that René would once have considered too risky, even for a corrupt cop like him. If the exploit comes off successfully, René and François will be able to give up their jobs and live in comfortable retirement for the rest of their lives. If it fails, they could both end up in prison. René decides the risk is worth taking…

— James Travers.

2.87GB | 1h 46m | 962×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/02F541A166FF97B/Les.ripoux.AKA.My.New.Partner.1984.576p.BluRay.AAC.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language:French
Subtitles:English, Spanish, Dutch, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Russian (muxed)

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