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		A set of 6 of Francois Truffaut's best films: The 400 Blows, Shoot the Pianist, Jules and Jim, Anne and Muriel, Finally, Sunday! The Woman Next Door
		Francois Truffaut's "The 400 Blows" (Les 400 coups) - arguably cinema's most poignant and honest portrayal of adolescence

		Louis Malle DVD box set - Les amants / Le feu follet / Ascenseur pour l'echafaud / Zazie dans le metro
		Louis Malle DVD box set - Au revoir les enfants / Black moon / Lacombe Lucien / Le souffle au coeur / Milou en mai
		Celine and Julie Go Boating - Jacques Rivette's surrealist masterpiece.
		Francois Truffaut's "Jules et Jim" - one of French cinema's greatest love films
		3 DVD box set of three of Jean Luc Godard's most popular films (Alphaville / Le Petit soldat / Une femme est une femme)
		"Breathless (A bout de souffle)" - Jean-Paul Belmondo stars in Jean Luc Godard's first film, an existentialist thriller-cum-romance.
		"Masculin, feminin (1966)" - Marxism meets the Pepsi-Cola generation in this New Wave classic from Jean-Luc Godard.
		"Bande a part (1964)" - Jean-Luc Godard's mad tongue-in-cheek homage to the American B-movie thriller.
		"Vivre sa vie (1962)" - A masterpiece of existentialist meditation on love, life and death, from Jean-Luc Godard.
		"Le Mepris (1963)" - Brigitte Bardot and Jean-Luc Godard are both at their peak in this punchy satire of commercial film-making.
		"La Chinoise (1967)" - Jean-Luc Godard's celebrated rant against American imperialism and all things commercial.
		"Last Year At Marienbad (L'Annee derniere a Marienbad)" - Alain Resnais' haunting and visually stunning portrait of an ethereal romance in a strange big house.
		Catherine Deneuve stars in Jacques Demy's "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964), an unforgettable, highly poignant musical romance
		"Love in the Afternoon (L’Amour l'après-midi) (1972)" - The last of Eric Rohmer's six Moral Tales is a bitter-sweet tale of forbidden love.
		"Claire's Knee (Le Genou de Claire) (1970)" - Jean-Claude Brialy is tempted by forbidden fruit in this timeless romantic comedy from Eric Rohmer.
		"The Green Ray (Le Rayon vert) (1986)" - A woman in search of love features in this alluring film from director Eric Rohmer.
		"Le Beau mariage (1982)" - a young woman, thwarted in love, is resolved to find a husband in this delightful comedy romance from Eric Rohmer.
		"Pauline a la plage (1984)" - sand, sea and... suspense (?) in this sunny comedy of manners from Eric Rohmer.
		"Full Moon In Paris (Les Nuits de la pleine lune) (1984)" - An amusing and insightful tale of young love from Eric Rohmer.
		"The Lady and the Duke (L'Anglaise et le duc) (2002)" - Eric Rohmer's poignant and intimate portrait of an ill-fated romance during the French Revolution.