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A group of Brazilian students kidnap the American ambassador as an act of resistance against their right-wing military government, but the emotional tension soon wears a crack in their starry-eyed idealism. Thoughtful, even-handed direction examines the event from a variety of perspectives. Based on the memoirs of Green Party member Fernando Gabeira. Academy Award Nominations--Best Foreign Film.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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RUNNING ON KARMA's Cecilia Chung stars in this heart wrenching drama about star-crossed lovers as Siu Wai, a young woman left widowed with a son after her husband dies tragically in a car crash. As she tries to find a way to continue her life, Siu Wai decides to take over her husband's job as a bus driver. Along the way, she grows close to Dai Fai (Lau Ching Wan), who provides a sympathetic friendship, but as the two fall in love, Dai Fai begins to doubt the truthfulness of his emotions.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseAnamorphic Letterboxed WidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - Mandarin DTS Surround Sound - Cantonese
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To go through fire, water, and brass pipes is an old expression in Russia, which indicates one who has gone through many difficulties, but that this has strengthened and enlightened them. When Vasya one day wanders into the forest, he is delighted to find his beloved Alyonushka there, but delight soon turns to horror as she is kidnapped by Kashchei. Vasya vows to find her, and must face severe trials along the way.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 2.35Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 5.1 - RussianAdditional Release Material: Making Of Trailers Documentary - 1. Excerpt from a documentary about Alexander Row, Director Additional Audio Material - 1. 3 Russian Folk SongsText/Photo Galleries: Filmographies Biographies - 1. Cast& Crew Production Stills Publicity
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This melancholic, brooding romantic thriller stars Zhang Ziyi (HERO; CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON) as Ding Hui, a Chinese woman who is part of a secret anti-Japanese terrorist organization in 1931 Shanghai. Three years earlier, under her real name, Cynthia, she was a factory worker in Manchuria carrying on a romance with a Japanese man named Itami (Toru Nakamura) who has since become head of Japan's Shanghai branch of the secret service. As Japan and China prepare to go to war, Itami and Cynthia are doomed to face off against each other. Meanwhile, an innocent couple gets caught in the crossfire during a train station shootout, and the grief-stricken survivor, Szeto (Ye Liu), becomes a double agent in the war between the Chinese and Japanese spy groups.PURPLE BUTTERFLY is all about mood: lots of lingering close-ups of characters sulking in the rain, smoking lots of cigarettes in squalid rooms, or dying slowly from bullets lodged near the heart. The film's dreamy romance, restless handheld camerawork, and nonlinear plot recall the films of Wong Kar Wai, and fans of that director's work should be similarly seduced by this elegant Asian period film noir. A mesmerizing score by Jorg Lemberg helps the disparate pieces of the puzzle fall into place.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Surround Sound 5.1 EnglishAdditional Release Material: Theatrical Trailer PreviewsDVD Rom Features: Weblinks
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An epic tale of the Spanish Civil War, LIBERTARIAS focuses on the role that women played in the conflict. Maria (Ariadna Gil, known in Spain for her success with roles deemed impossible for other actresses) is a nun forced to flee her convent when the war brings troops to Barcelona. She hides in a brothel, where she meets and unites with a women's organization to assist with the war effort against Franco's fascists, and thereby secures the rights for their sex. Through her experiences Maria encounters many women from various social groups and occupations, and learns that they are all united in being oppressed merely because of their gender. LIBERTARIAS concentrates on how the struggle for freedom and civil rights during the Spanish Civil War took on special meaning for women. The film was nominated for six Goya Awards in 1996, and director Vicente Aranda (best know internationally for his film AMANTES aka LOVERS) took home the Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo Film Festival.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Stereo 2.0 - Spanish
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