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A big budget Hong Kong potboiler.DVD FeaturesRegion 1 EncodingSpecial Features: Chapter Search, Trailers.Keep Case
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The film that introduced brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani to a worldwide audience, an adaptation of Gavino Ledda's autobiographical PADRE PADRONE: THE EDUCATION OF A SHEPHERD, stars Severio Marconi as the the young Ledda. When he is only seven years old, the boy's harshly patriarchal father (Omero Antonutti) hauls him off
to the craggy hills of their native Sardinia, to live and work as a shepherd, the father's occupation. The father beats the boy virtually at a whim for committing the slightest error, and his cruelty is never softened by any demonstration of love. Solace comes only in the form of isolation since camaraderie with neighboring shepherd boys angers the father. When he is 20 years old, Gavino's liberation comes, ironically, in the form of military conscription. For the first time in his life, he's able to mix in society and lead something close to a normal life. Eventually he discovers his calling in the academic world, and goes on to become an outstanding linguist. After many years, he again sees his father, an embittered man, incapable of understanding his son's life. While at times lacking in cinematic fluency, the enormous power of this seemingly simple story makes up for any shortcomings.DVD Features:Region 1 EncodingInteractive MenusProduction CreditsFilmographiesScene AccessKeep Case
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In this Mexican crime picture directed by Carlos Duran, El Chaca has a brutal confrontation with the feds, but he manages to make a miraculous escape. Thinking him dead, his partner Mariano coldly betrays him. As El Chaca rebuilds his criminal empire, his friends and associates gather to pay him birthday respects. Distraught that he has nothing to give his boss, Barbarino decides to hunt down Mariano and take care of him once and for all.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
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In this French suspense drama directed by Anne Fontaine (DRY CLEANING), Charles Berling stars as Jean-Luc, an established physician whose comfortable, middle-class existence is thrown into turmoil by the reappearance of his absentee father Maurice (veteran French actor Michel Bouquet). Maurice had abandoned his family decades earlier to practice medicine in Africa, and Jean-Luc still harbors hurt and resentment at his father's unexplained rejection. Now Maurice is back in his son's life, but rather than offer remorse and reconciliation, the father casts a cruel and judgmental eye on the bourgeois existence Jean-Luc has chosen for himself. What ensues is an oedipal tangle in which Jean-Luc can no longer avoid confronting his own past and the emotional damage that has shaped his life.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreenAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical TrailerInteractive Features: Scene Selections
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A pair of vice cops stake out an apartment building, looking for a gang of killers. While they wait, they strike up friendships with the building's tenants and neighbors. When the killers make their presence known, will the cops be able to do their duties and will the tenants pay the price of friendship? A critically acclaimed film that won the Best Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards.DVD Features:Region 0 (All Regions)Keep CaseLetterboxedAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - Chinese/ Cantonese Dolby Digital 5.1 - Chinese/ MandarinAdditional Release Material: TrailersInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive MenusText/ Photo Galleries: Filmographies
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