Well, and also there's too much violence, you know? Violence just to have violence. Or sex just to be sexy--just to sell the movie. And that just makes me sick, and I don't feel like doing it. I think a film shouldn't be made for commercial purposes. It has to come from inside the producer, director, actors, writer and crew. It shouldn't be about what's on the outside, only about the inside.
In My Country (2005) Langston Whitfield (Samuel L. Jackson) is a Washington Post journalist. His editor provocatively sends him to South Africa to cover the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, in which the perpetrators of murder and torture on both sides during Apartheid are invited to come forward and confront their victims. By telling the unvarnished truth and expressing contrition, they may be granted amnesty. Can the deep wounds of Apartheid be healed through reconciliation? Langston is deeply skeptical. He tracks down Col. De Jager, the most notorious torturer in the SA Police and tries to penetrate the mind of a monster, an experience that obliges him to confront his own demons. Anna Malan (Juliette Binoche), is an Afrikaans poet who is covering the hearings for radio. As a white South African she is shattered by the accounts of the cruelty and depravity committed by her fellow countrymen. Anna and Langston must both question their sense of identity. Where do they each belong? How responsible are they for what is done in the name of their respective countries? The moving testimony of the victims affects them deeply. In different ways they are both estranged from their families, and their shared experience draws them ever closer to each other. It is a story charting the unfathomable depths of human cruelty and the redeeming power of forgiveness and love.
Jet Lag (2002) A contemporary romantic comedy about an encounter at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris between a world-weary frozen-food businessman (Reno) and a troubled beautician (Binoche).
Chocolat (2000) When a single mother (Juliette Binoche) and her six-year-old daughter move to rural France and open a chocolate shop--with Sunday hours--across the street from the local church, they are met with some skepticism. But as soon as they coax the townspeople into enjoying their delicious products, they are warmly welcomed.
Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys (2000)
The Children of the Century (1999)
A Couch in New York (1996)
The English Patient (1996)
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Three Colors: Red (1994)
Three Colors: White (1994)
Damage (1992)
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules (1991)
Roundabout (1989)
Bad Blood (1986)
They've Killed Her! (1986)
A Better Life (1985)
Family Life (1985)
Farewell blaireau (1985)
Hail Mary (1985)
Rendez-vous (1985)
The Chicks (1985)
Dorothée, danseuse de corde (1983)
Fort bloqué (1983)
Liberty Belle (1983)
Alice et Martin
Amants du Pont-Neuf, Les
Bleu
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Wuthering Heights
Juliette Binoche Videos
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Chocolat (Miramax Collector's Series)
The English Patient (Miramax Collector's Edition)
Three Colors Trilogy (Blue / White / Red)
Cache (Hidden)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (Two-Disc Special Edition)
