Christmas: Our selection of films to offer to see the country from home -

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  • Since you can't travel either, "20 Minutes" has concocted a selection of DVDs that allow you to cultivate your cinephilia and get away from it all at a lower cost.

  • Classic or new, these films will introduce you to the Indies in the 19th century or the hills of Tehran.

  • You will also meet exceptional characters there, such as those played by Isabelle Huppert in the “Suspense au feminine” box set.

No question of taking refuge in the cinema during the holidays since the theaters are closed, but we can make up for it with some DVD-Blu Ray to slip under the tree.

And to get away from it all at a lower cost, since you can't travel either,

20 Minutes

offers you a few films in the form of beautiful still journeys.

To change place, change time

Our favorites, listed in the video accompanying this article, will take you to Korea via

Park Chan-wook's

thriller

JSA

(La Rabbia, € 45), to 19th century India with 

John Huston's

The Man Who Wanted to Be King

(Wild Side, € 70) or in Cuba in 1968 thanks to 

Soy Cuba

 by Mikhaïl Kalatozov (Potemkine, € 30).

Unless you prefer to invade Earth with

Saul Bass's

Phase IV

ants

(Carlotta, € 50).

Each of these films is the subject of a luxurious edition full of supplements to titillate his cinephilia.

To return to the Croisette

An abundance of Cannes films will convey sweet shivers.

Immerse yourself in the suburb of Ladj Ly with

Les Misérables

(Le Pacte 10 to 20 €).

This film, awarded on the Croisette and at the César, shakes the viewer like a plum tree just as much as the short film that inspired it, also available on the galette.

Same motif, same recommendation for

Portrait of the young girl on fire

(Pyramid 20 to 26 €) by Céline Sciamma, a beautiful lesbian love story accompanied by a fascinating documentary on the paintings of the film.

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To meet funny ladies

Few directors have filmed actresses as well as Claude Chabrol.

The five films offered in the

Suspense au Féminin

box

(MK2, € 50) highlight the performances of Isabelle Hupper, as perverse as one could wish in

La Cérémonie

as in

Merci pour le chocolat

.

Sexys and disturbing, Holly Hunter and Rosanna Arquette haunt

Crash

by David Cronenberg (Carlotta, € 50) which mixes sex and car accidents in a poisonous cocktail.

To be reserved for experienced spectators!

And men of (more or less) good will

See Al Pacino aka

The Godfather

in a new montage of the third opus, that's what

Francis Ford Coppola's

The Godfather Epilogue

offers

(Paramount, € 15).

Enough to put your family dissensions into perspective at the New Year's Eve table.

More calm and serene (whatever),

Le Goût de la cerise

, Palme d'Or by Abbas Kiarostami (Potemkine, 25 €) brings together a man full of wisdom in the fabulous Iranian landscapes for a lesson in life. and cinema.

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