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Under threats of death from the ruling Japanese army, a WWII Chinese village cares for a wounded Japanese soldier and a Chinese translator-collaborator. Awaiting the promised rescue mission, the villagers are in a quandary, uncertain whether to free or kill their captives. The New Year passes as botched escapes and assassination attempts pile up. A bold plan is finally devised by the foolhardy Ma Dasan (Jiang Wen) to return the men to the Imperial Army in exchange for wheat. Complications mount, varying in significance from the atom bomb to a horny donkey.The notion of honor and heroism, reverential in Eastern interpretations of WWII, are skewered in this chaotic black comedy depicting the insanity of war. Shot in black and white, actor-director Jiang Wen's (the lead in RED SORGHUM) daring film ranges in tone from a grave absurdist farce to a solemn cry for peace. China banned the film and reportedly briefly blacklisted Jiang Wen after the controversial film won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival.DVD Features:Notes: This release is a new digital transfer.Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 - JapaneseAdditional Release Material: Introduction - 1. Steven Soderbergh - Director Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer Video Interview - Juang Wen - DirectorText/Photo Galleries: Biography - 1. Jiang Wen Filmograghy - 1. Jiaan Wen
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In this comedic opera by Pietro Mascagni, a rich landowner, Fritz Kobus (Jose Bros) declares himself a permanent bachelor, but his rabbi friend David (Allessandro Paliaga) counters with a bet that Fritz will marry within a year. Failing to rise to David's challenge, Fritz soon finds himself in love with his tenant's daughter, Suzel (Dimitra Theodossiou), who is betrothed to another! This program was recorded at the Teatro di Livorno and is sang in Italian.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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A Jewish actor in 1940s Germany is forced by the Nazis to perform in Terezin, a model city set up as a public relations ploy to show that imprisoned Jews were being well-treated. Shot on location in and around Prague, Czechoslovakia.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Set on the island of Cape Verde, located off the coast of West Africa, TESTAMENTO is a touching tragicomedy about the life of that country's wealthiest citizen, Napumoceno da Silva Araujo. The film begins with his death and finds that Napumoceno, quite a Don Juan during his lifetime, left his entire fortune to an illegitimate daughter, Graca, who had never known he was her father. Among the treasures left to Graca are a series of audio tapes on which Napumoceno has recorded his life story for her. His life is then seen in a series of flashbacks, revealing the unexpected way Napumoceno acquired his fortune as well all the other lucky or unlucky occurrences of his life. A touching and gently comic look at life and its surprises, TESTAMENTO is an excellent film which provides not only an entertaining glimpse of a man's life but also a look the exotic land of Cape Verde.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Filmographies and AwardsDVD-ROM Features: Weblinks
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Connie Nielsen, who has played pivotal roles in such English-language films as GLADIATOR, THE DEVIL`S ADVOCATE, and RUSHMORE, is the powerful and emotional heart of BROTHERS, a moving Danish film set in her home country. Directed by Susanne Bier (who made the Dogme 95 film OPEN HEARTS), BROTHERS tells the story of two very different brothers: Jannik (Nikolaj Lie Kaas) is a drunken loser who has just been released from prison for bank robbery and assault, while Michael (Ulrich Thomsen) is a well-respected army major and family man, with a wife, Sarah (Nielsen), and two kids. But when Michael goes off on a mission to Afghanistan to rescue a captured radar man, his helicopter is shot down and he is assumed to have been killed in action. The news devastates Sarah and her in-laws, while Jannik becomes more reckless before stepping in to help her and the kids build a new life. But as Jannik and Sarah grow close, it is discovered that Michael has survived--and has done something that haunts him and threatens everything and everyone. Bier`s film is filled with tender moments as well as bitter, frightening, fast-paced scenes that are hard to forget. Nielsen is a standout as Sarah, who tries to balance love and loss and then love again with a man she`s not sure she knows anymore.
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