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Zhang Yimou (JU DOU, RAISE THE RED LANTERN) directs HAPPY TIMES, a tragicomedy about one man's humorous, ridiculous, yet truly endearing attempt to love and be loved. Zhao (Zhao Benshan), a retired man of humble means who doesn't want to be lonely anymore, proposes marriage to a fat lady (Dong Lihua) who he believes will be easily coaxed into loving him. However, he quickly learns that this assumption is wrong when she demands a lavish wedding that will cost him 50,000 yuan. Scheming for a way to get the money, Zhao enlists his friend Li (Li Xuejian) to help him, and together they refurbish an old bus, calling it Happy Times Hotel, and charging admission for teenage lovers. Meanwhile, Zhao's fiancee reveals her strange family to him--a spoiled, mean-spirited son (Leng Qibin), and a helpless, blind stepdaughter, Wu (Dong Jie). When Zhao is asked to find Wu a job at his hotel, he becomes a surrogate father to her and their relationship takes over the second half of the movie. As they learn to trust each other and understand each other, they develop a sweet relationship that overrides Zhao's previously shady intentions. A sad film with a touching message looped within quietly comic situations, HAPPY TIMES reveals the vulnerability of the human spirit, while telling its solemn searching tale.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: TrailerInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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Influenced by the authenticity and social consciousness of Italian Neo-Realism, SANGRE EN EL BARRIO is about exploitation and class in the slums of Mexico City. A wealthy landowner seeks to demolish the apartment buildings he owns in order to replace them with new and more profitable homes. In order to do so, however, he must evict the poor inhabitants who currently pay him rent. Those destitute workers, struggling merely to survive daily, must now cope with the impending loss of their homes as well, and react with indignation and anger. Antonio Badu, who specialized in playing working class roles, and his wife Esther Fernandez, one of the leading actresses of the time, star.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Two girls are kidnapped by a witch and turned into does in this bewitching Russian fairy tale. Their mother is hot on the trail of the wicked witch, however, and soon enlists the Sun, the Moon, the Wind and the Deer with the Golden Horns to help her! Some incredible scenes ensue, providing plenty of suspense and magical moments, all from the mind of acclaimed Russian director Alexander Row (KING OF CROOKED MIRRORS),DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - EnglishAdditional Release Material: Documentary - 1. Fairy Tales of Alexander Row Production Interview - 1. Raissa Ryazanova - Star
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