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An Israeli soldier is captured by PLO fighters who plan to use him as a bargaining chip. At the same time, the World Cup is underway, and the men share a love of soccer, leading to a powerful learning experience for all.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerText/Galleries: Statement - 1. Eran Riklis - Director Biography - 1. Eran Riklis - Director Photo GalleryInteractive Features: Scene Selection
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Takeshi Kitano continues alternating between introspective drama and violent films with DOLLS, which he wrote, directed, and edited in between the bloody gangster picture BROTHER (2000) and the samurai update THE BLIND SWORDSMAN: ZATOICHI. Beginning with an excerpt from Bunraku puppet theater master Monzaemon Chikamatsu's THE COURIER FOR HELL, Kitano goes on to tell the story of three sets of men and women obsessed with ill-fated relationships. Matsumoto (Hidetoshi Nishijima) is in love with Sawako (Miho Kanno), but he chooses to marry his boss's daughter instead so he can get ahead in the world. After Sawako attempts suicide and loses her mind, Matsumoto chooses to do his penance by giving up everything to take care of her, leading her through the streets and parks tied to him with a red cord so she can't get away and hurt herself. Hiro (Tatsuya Mihashi) is a yakuza boss who left his love (Chieko Matsubara) long ago in order to make something of himself; she promised she would come to the park to wait for him every Saturday, and he is shocked when he returns to the bench decades later and finds her there, with his lunch. And traffic worker Nukui (Tsutomu Takeshige) is so dedicated to young pop sensation Haruna (real-life pop sensation Kyoko Fukada) that he makes a bizarre sacrifice after she is partially blinded in an accident. With an emotional score by Joe Hisaishi, DOLLS is a deep, dark, bleak, but mesmerizing look at lost love, as seen through the eyes of one of Japan's best filmmakers.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull FrameAudio: Surround Sound 5.1 EnglishAdditional Release Material: Theatrical Trailer PreviewsDVD-Rom Features: Weblinks
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Telling a love story that was not meant to be, LOS HIJOS DE GAVINO BARRERA follows two gamblers as they fall in love with the town mayor's two lovely daughters. One of the men, however, will realize that he has fallen for his half-sister! With a remarkable cast, this film provides plenty of romantic drama.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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In this saga of desire in a small Mexican town, Arcelia Ramirez is Natividad, a beautiful young woman who desperately wants to escape her humble origins. She has two immediate choices to help her out of her predicament: handsome delivery man Leandro, or middle-aged and less-than-brilliant Benjamin. Benjamin, however, has a secret infatuation with Natividad, and after listening to his friends' dubious advice, he kidnaps her in hopes of making her love him. LA MUJER DE BENJAMIN was the recipient of 3 Mexican Ariel Awards, that country's equivalent of the Oscar.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo - SpanishInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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YESTERDAY, TODAY, and TOMORROW from director Vittorio De Sica features the most popular male and female leads of the Italian 20th century cinema, Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni. Directed by Vittorio De Sica (THE BICYCLE THIEF, THE GARDEN OF THE FINZI-CONTINIS), and costumed by Christian Dior, the film exploits the enormous sex appeal of both stars in three short tales set against three historic Italian cities. The first, Adelina of Naples, details the comic trials of a woman caught selling contraband cigarettes to support herself and her unemployed husband (Mastroianni). When her husband discovers that under Italian law a woman cannot be imprisoned until six months after her pregnancy ends, Loren and Mastroianni seize the moment to produce one baby after another. Loren plays Anna of Milan in the second tale, an upper class wife who becomes infuriated when her young lover, Mastroianni, destroys her precious convertible. The film saves the best for last with Loren serving up a heart stopping striptease as a Rome prostitute intent on dazzling a young man headed for the priesthood. When Loren determines to set the young man back on the road to God, she nearly drives her best client (Mastroianni) insane with desire. A wealthy socialite, a black marketeer and a beautiful prostitute (all played by Sophia Loren) use sex in various ways to get what they want.DVD Features:Region (unknown)
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