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Julie Lopes-Curval's debut film is a lushly photographed and mature work. Set over the course of a year in Cayeux, a once-luxurious coastal town in Northern France, SEASIDE follows the lives of a group of residents who are struggling to find happiness. Rose (Bulle Ogier) is a compulsive gambler and mother of Paul (Jonathan Zaccai), who lives with the beautiful, but unhappy, Marie (Helene Fillieres). Across town, Albert (Patrick Lizana), finds himself becoming disillusioned with his marriage. As the seasons change, time continues to stand still for these individuals, who can't seem to escape the confines of their town's haunted past.Co-written with Francois Favrat, Lopes-Curval's deeply poignant drama captures life in a small seaside town with unflinching honesty. Almost painterly in its composition (compliments of director of photography Stephan Massis), the film pulls the viewer into the characters' world, and keeps them there for the entire year. Winner of the Camera d'Or at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival for best first feature, SEASIDE marks the arrival of yet another important French director.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.85Text/Image Galleries: Director's Notes Photo Gallery Biographies
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Hitomi is a young woman whose world seems to come to an end when her fiancee Tatsuya is killed in a car accident. During a trip to Hong Kong she runs into an undercover cop who is Tatsuya's dead ringer. The pair are forced to flee togther to China and find themselves increasingly attracted, but Hitomi doesn't know what to do about her feelings. A lush romantic mystery featuring a cameo by Michelle Yeoh.DVD Features:Region 0 (All Regions)Keep CaseLetterboxedAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - Chinese/ Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 - Chinese/ MandarinAdditional Release Material: Trailers Music Video Featurette -Making OfInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/ Photo Galleries: Filmographies - Cast& Crew
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Joao de Deus makes ice cream but prefers to spend his time pursuing attractive young ladies that he hires for his store. When he asks the butcher's daughter to share in an erotic fantasy, her father strikes back with an unusual revenge. An offbeat comedy from master director Joao Cesar Monteiro, and a film festival favorite.DVD Features:Region 0Snap CaseLetterboxed - 1.66Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - Portuguese
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Shot in 1991, this sprawling romantic tale tells the story of composer Sainte Colombe--who worked in France during the 17th century--and his talented student Marin Marais.
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Taking a vacation from his profitable private practice, a distinguished Latin American doctor (Federico Luppi) sets off on a quest to locate his former students, whom he trained and deployed throughout the disease-ridden rural regions of their unnamed country. Once he steps outside his comfortable milieu, he realizes the depths of despair rural villagers live in, as power-mad, gun-toting soldiers and guerrillas vie for control of the countryside. Gradually stripped of his former idealism, he collects a motley group of pilgrims in search of a legendary village untouched by men with guns.Director John Sayles, who had just finished LONE STAR, one of his most acclaimed films, shot the film in Spanish, a commercially risky maneuver. The decision pays off in the greater authenticity of the film, which captures the absurd circumstances in which the country's rural population must live. Partially inspired by Francisco Gold's novel THE LONG NIGHT OF WHITE CHICKENS, MEN WITH GUNS touches on the genre of magical realism to present a harrowing portrait of a war-torn Latin American country.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 - SpanishAdditional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. John Sayles - Director Trailers
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