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French actress Marion Cotillard has been acting in TV and film since she was young, and her movies include everything from independent French dramas to major box office blowouts. Since first appearing in a short film at age 7, Marion Cotillard has appeared in nearly 80 movies in a variety of capacities. She's played background characters and supporting parts, but more often than not, she's led films with her ability to play both dangerous and pathetically sweet in equal measure. With just a small look, Cotillard can go from cold to warm and back again.

Over her lauded career, Cotillard has earned two Academy Award nominations, winning once; four Golden Globe nominations, winning once; and been nominated another four times for the Screen Actors Guild. She's appeared in musical biopics and Christopher Nolan-style blockbuster epics. Cotillard has found a dual home for herself, fitting in well in quiet independent dramas, seamlessly...

Stars: Samy Naceri, Frédéric Diefenthal, Marion Cotillard, Manuela Gourary, Emma Sjöberg, Bernard Farcy, Georges Neri, Dan Herzberg, Sébastien Thiery, Philippe du Janerand | Written by Luc Besson | Directed by Gérard Pirès

Classic high-octane car chase thriller Taxi, created by renowned writer/director/producer Luc Besson, is cult action comedy about a speed freak taxi driver who is forced to make a deal with the police or lose his licence. The film has spawned three sequels, an American remake and a TV series which has sadly not found a UK broadcaster as yet. Now the original film, which introduced the world to high speed car chases and gallic action, hits Blu-ray courtesy of Second Sight, in a new high-def transfer that makes the film look as fresh and exciting today as it did on its debut in 1998.

Like a lot of more modern Besson movies, the plot of Taxi is relatively simple:...