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This Mexican romance, translated into English as THE CLOUDS AND YOU, is a soap-operatic tale of love, lust, and betrayal, eroticized further by the sensual external landscape. The story centers around the smoldering and sexy Don Miguel, who takes in a poor,distraught young woman, who is equally desirable. The two inevitably fall in love and for a brief period of time, live a harmonious coexistence. However, when secret pasts and lies are revealed, love turns to a much uglier emotion.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: [unspecified] - Spanish
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Acclaimed Argentinean director Hector Babenco (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, PIXOTE), blends pathos and black comedy in this adaptation of the autobiographical book CARANDIRU STATION by Dr. Drauzio Varella, who worked inside Sao Paulo's now-defunct Carandiru Prison. In 1992, overcrowded Carandiru gained international infamy when military police troops, called to quell a riot, killed 111 inmates. The Carandiru population contained murderers, drug dealers, and all manner of petty criminals--all guilty--but also driven to crime by Brazilian poverty. Dr. Varella, a renowned oncologist, arrived at Carandiru to help with AIDS prevention, but stayed and began to treat the inmates for everything from rat bites to rape, and in the process shared their life stories.Director Babenco articulates the horror suffered by these men by recounting the darkly humorous stories of their families and personal lives, and then uses that empathy to show the terror of the police attack. After detailing the state-sponsored massacre, the film ends with the patriotic song Aquarela do Brasil, providing one last emotional jab. Like his exploration of poverty and crime in previous films such as PIXOTE, Babenco creates a frenzied and emotionally weighted story, filmed on location in Carandiru Prison just before it closed. The film signifies the global need to improve social conditions and places a human face on the anonymous prison system.
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The acclaimed novel by Stendhal, THE RED AND THE BLACK, is brought to the screen in this 1997 adaptation. Set in early-19th century France, the story follows Julien Sorel as he attempts to shake off his provincial background. But after taking a job as a tutor and embarking on a series of romantic entanglements, Sorrel ultimately faces a capital trial, leading to a tense conclusion to director Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe`s film.
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This violent drama explores the pain and suffering thousands of impoverished people go through in the urban Mexican slums due to their lack of economic means. Rolando is such a person. He must decide between a life of crime and or unemployment in order to provide for his daughter.
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