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A rebellious streak defines Marcin (Rafal Mackowiak), a 21-year-old living in a small Polish town. His world revolves around his longtime girlfriend, his mechanic job in his father's garage, and his idolization of James Dean and The Smiths. Marcin is faced with difficult life choices when his father dies, leaving Marcin to take care of all the arrangements. A slew of relatives converge on the small Polish hamlet for the funeral. As Marcin deals with their narrow minds and critical commentary, he also must act to stay with his girlfriend (Sylwia Juszczak), who reveals her plan to leave Poland for a life in the United States. This Polish feature won the Kodak Vision Award at the Slamdance Film Festival.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.66Single Side - Dual Layer
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In this beautiful, understated film, every character possesses a naive, heartbreaking honesty and every line communicates the sweet simplicity of basic human longing. From Danish director Lone Scherfig (ON OUR OWN), ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS uses natural lighting, muted cinematography, and a partially improvised script--falling into the Dogme 95 genre. The film is not about learning Italian, though the film's six thirtysomething characters all meet each other through an Italian class at the community center in their quiet, rainy town. The film is about real life and hardship and hope. A nurturing hair stylist, a clumsy bakery clerk, a committed pastor, a foulmouthed waiter, a friendly hotel manager, and a lonely waitress all struggle with the banality of daily life, while dealing with their own unique challenges. But as they begin to reveal themselves and their problems to each other, they form a bond and a network that is both a safety net and a new reason to live.This film screened in September 2001 as part of the 39th New York Film Festival, organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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Claude Chabrol crafts a complex social allegory in LES BICHES, a subtle and intricate tale of desire, despair, and murder. Released in March of 1968, just months before the May 1968 student revolts in Paris, Chabrol filtered the ever-increasing class struggle in France into the compelling tale of glamorous Frederique (Stephane Audran), who picks up poverty-stricken and beautiful Why on the streets of Paris, promptly seducing her and whisking her away to a new life of wealthy bohemia in St. Tropez. As Why quickly assumes the role of Frederique's protegee and understudy, a complication arrives in the form of Paul (Jean-Louis Trintignant), a handsome young architect with whom Why immediately falls into unrequited love. Frederique confronts the interloper herself, falls in love with him, and jets off to Paris with him, leaving Why to stew in her rejection and abandonment. The suspense builds slowly when the three lovers forge a strange and erotically charged circular relationship. The decor of Frederique's Cote D'azur villa, filled with hunting memorabilia, weapons, and muted colors, heightens the tense and underlying power struggle that slowly propels Why to obsession and madness in the film's haunting and detached climax.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 16.9Additional Release Material: Audio Commentary - 1. F.X. Feeney, Wade Major (Film Critics) Trailers - 1. Original TrailerText/Photo Galleries: Biographies - 1. Cast
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An enchanting fantasy tale, this Russian film from 1963 is a family movie that has captured the imagination of viewers for decades. The story follows Olya, a young girl who meets her own reflection through a magic mirror. The plot twists and turns as Olya and her reflection go on an incredible journey through the world of good and bad mirrors, eventually reaching a problematic destination as Olya and her reflection are forced to question their own identities.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Screen - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - Russian Dolby Digital 5.1 - Arabic Dolby Digital 5.1 - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Production Interview - 1. Andrei Stapran - StarText/Photo Galleries: Production Photos Filmographies - 1. Cast& Crew
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Ignacio Lopez Tarso, a Mexican actor whose lengthy career spanned over 50 years, turned in one of his best performances in this 1964 film. Tarso plays a man crippled by poverty who takes in a fighting rooster that is in even worse shape than he is. The man nurses the rooster back to fighting form and soon has the cockerel back in the ring. The dusty cockfighting circles bring riches to the man as his bird wins duel after duel. With a large prize in sight, the man teams with a powerful gangster and the gangster's mistress, a singer who the poor protagonist falls for. This cockfighting classic is notable for the incredible talent involved in the writing team. The script is co-written by Nobel Prize-winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez and acclaimed novelist Carlos Fuentes and is based on a novel by legendary Latin American author Juan Rulfo.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Single Side - Dual LayerAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerText/Galleries: Biographies
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