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Alias Betty Claude Miller From the underrated Claude Miller comes this intricately plotted film (based on a novel by Ruth Rendell) in which the tragic death of a single woman's son leads her unstable mother to kidnap another child to take his place. Several unexpected twists and turns lead the film into thriller territory, but Miller never sacrifices the emotional reality of his characters to the plot. Great performances from Sandrine Kiberlain and Nicole Garcia, who shared Best Actress honors at the Chicago International Film Festival. A.k.a. Betty Fisher and Other Stories. French with English subtitles. DVD is letterboxed; includes a behind-the-scenes segment and theatrical trailer. France, 2001, 101 mins. DVD $44.95
The Best Way to Walk (La Meilleure facon de marcher) Claude Miller Claude Miller's ambitious and deeply felt debut tells the story of a sports director and a crossdressing music teacher who struggle to come to terms with their sexual identities while working at a summer camp for boys. A disciple of Francois Truffaut, Miller's acute sensitivity is easily identifiable, even in this early work. In French with English subtitles. France, 1976, 82 mins. DVD $44.95
Class Trip Claude Miller Claude Miller (Alias Betty) turns up the suspense as he delves into the mind of an emotionally damaged child (Clement Van Den Bergh) plagued by nightmarish hallucinations. When the boy is forced by his cruel father to attend a class trip to a ski lodge, the boy's visions and insecurities increase to disturbing levels. Winner of the Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. In French with English subtitles. France, 1998, 95 mins. DVD $44.95
L'Effrontee Claude Miller Charlotte Gainsbourg delivers a Cesar award-winning performance as a naive, disillusioned teenager who becomes smitten with a sophisticated young pianist who is visiting her town for a recital. Also stars Clothilde Baudon, Julie Glenn and Bernadette Lafont, who won the best supporting actress Cesar for her role as the young girl's maid. France, 1985, 92 mins. DVD $44.95
La Petite Lili Claude Miller A marvelous postmodern adaptation of The Seagull, in which Chekhov's 19th-century Russia is swapped for a majestic lakeside villa in 21st-century France. Nicole Garcia stars as Mado (Chekhov's Arkadina), a fading movie star whose filmmaker lover, Brice, casts her in his features. Sparks fly as Mado's artistic son (Robinson Stevenin) and his girlfriend--a beautiful, aspiring actress (Swimming Pool's Ludivine Sagnier)--enter into a vicious and emotionally bracing power play with Mado and Brice. Claude Miller's delightfully self-reflexive adaptation is "acutely perceptive, universally empathetic and humane" (Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune). DVD includes interviews with Claude Miller and Ludivine Sagnier, director biography, photo gallery, and trailers. In French with English subtitles. France 2004 94 mins. DVD $44.95
Mortelle Randonnee Claude Miller A detective (Michel Serrault) believes that a seductive serial killer (Isabelle Adjani) may be his missing daughter. As he follows her trail of mayhem across Europe, he covers up her crimes to prevent her capture. Based on the book, Eye of the Beholder, by Marc Behm. In French with English subtitles. France, 1983, 95 mins. DVD $44.95