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Like the protagonist of LATE MARRIAGE, writer-director Dover Kosashvili was born in Georgia (of the former USSR) and raised in Israel. Kosashvili's provocative debut feature is a very funny, but sometimes painful account of one man's late journey of self-discovery. Zaza (Lior Loui Ashkenazi) is thirty-one years old, and his parents, Yasha (Moni Moshonov) and Lily (the director's own mother, Lili Kosashvili), are supporting him while he attends grad school. They believe in the traditions of the old country, and they are distraught and embarrassed because their only son is not married. After many abortive attempts to arrange a marriage for him, they discover that Zaza is having a torrid affair with Judith (Ronit Elkabetz). Zaza's parents won't let him marry Judith because she's older than Zaza, she's divorced, and she has a nine-year-old daughter, Madona (Sapir Kugman). It's a familiar story, but Kosashvili eschews easy laughs, stereotypes, and cliches in favor of subtly performed, well-observed family drama. The frank presentation of Zaza and Judith's relationship gives LATE MARRIAGE an erotic charge. Kosashvili never shies away from Zaza's fecklessness, or the ugliness of his families' prejudices, but he finds plenty of humor and life in the film's sad story.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenSingle Side - Dual LayerAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerInteractive Features: Scene Access
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Part two in Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's THREE COLORS astounding trilogy, WHITE represents Equality (of Liberty and Fraternity) in the French flag and the French national motto. Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a sweet but awkward Polish hairdresser, has just lost everything in a bitter divorce settlement--his cold-hearted French wife, Dominique (Julie Delpy) having taken their home, credit cards, and business. The poor Karol finds himself stranded in Paris, speaking very little French; once he returns to his native Poland, his luck changes for the better. He manages to make a small fortune and a name for himself. Although he's moved up in the world, he still thinks about his former life with Dominique, and it is his memories, good and bad, that lead him to stage his disappearance, and which initiate an unusual chain of events. WHITE is a more lighthearted and leisurely affair than BLUE or RED, adding a well-rounded dimension to the trilogy. Kieslowski and Krzysztof Piesiwicz's script thrusts the characters into odd predicaments, and then ingeniously backs off to tell the tale of Karol's revenge, succeeding in laying enough emotional groundwork to justify Karol's sincere change of heart.
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Deepa Mehta's epic tale of the hateful religious and civil wars that took place in India and Pakistan in the 1947 battle to
gain independence from the British, EARTH is the second movie in a trilogy from the director, preceded by FIRE (1996) and followed by WATER (due in 2001). The story, which is based on an autobiographical novel entitled CRACKING INDIA, by Bapsi Sidhwa, is told through the eyes of a little girl, Lenny (Maia Sethna), who has one leg in a brace. The impediment keeps Lenny from being very active, so she spends her time sitting and talking with her loving nanny, Shanta (Nandita Das), whose beauty attracts a faithful following of about six male friends. Lenny and Shanta sit in the park, fly kites, take long picturesque walks through the ruins outside their village, and all the time Lenny is absorbing the conversations around her. Between Shanta's Muslim and Hindu suitors--one of whom is a Sikh--and Lenny's parent's varied group of Parsee and Catholic friends, the debates about the futures of India and Pakistan, including a litany of stereotypes, fearful opinions, and hateful feelings about all parties involved, become more and more heated. Finally, Lenny watches as the warring begins. A horrific trainload full of the bodies of massacred Muslims arrives in their town. Gangs march through the streets raging with violence. Hindu tenements are burned to the ground. Lenny is terrified, and as she struggles to understand all that is happening--and why--the tragedy only gets worse. EARTH is an intense and moving film that illustrates beautifully the terrifying political and cultural atmosphere of 1947 India.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenSingle Side - Dual LayerAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerInteractive Features: Scene Selections
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It's no secret that Kei Mizutani has considerable sex appeal; all her feature films feature her in overtly sexual roles that often require her to take her clothes off. Here, though, all pretenses are dropped as this film has no story or script, just a series of erotic scenes featuring Ms. Mizutani either scantily clad or nude. A must for fans of the fetching Ms. Mizutani, UNDRESSED FOR SUCCESS is the rare film that delivers exactly what it advertises.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseFull FrameAudio: Stereo - JapaneseAdditional Release Materials: Interview - 1. Kei Mizutani - StarInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Photo Gallery Kei Mizutani FilmographyDVD-ROM Features: Photo Gallery Cast& Full Production Credits
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