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Peruvian college student Alfonso (Giovanni Ciccia) wants to be a writer more than anything. When he graduates, he gets a job at tabloid newspaper El Clamor. He wishes to be an entertainment reporter, but he is assigned to the crime beat, where he must right sensationalized accounts of real events. He finds out that the road to his dreams can be rocky when he must work with antagonistic veteran reporter, Faundez (Gianfranco Brero). At the same time the gap begins to widen between Alfonso and his girlfriend, Nadia. This insightful drama comes from Peruvian director, Francisco J. Lombardi (DON'T TELL ANYONE).DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo - SpanishInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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Cult French sex-horror director Jean Rollin created this oddity in 1980. This one is a strange departure from his usual vampire-themed fare: In a strange future society, the residents of an apartment building suffer from collective amnesia and insanity, resulting in extreme sex and violence (a la David Cronenberg's SHIVERS and J.G. Ballard's novel HIGH RISE). A strange and interesting curiosity for those with a tolerance for gore.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseTheatrical TrailerAdditional Uncensored Scenes.
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Acclaimed director Adolfo Aristarain's COMMON GROUND provides a compelling mix of family drama and biting social commentary. When his university suggests that aging Literature professor Fernando Robles (Federico Luppi) retire, they intend it as more than mere suggestion. The downward-spiraling economy plaguing Argentina in the early 21st century caused mass unemployment, and the middle-class could not count themselves as secure in their economic status. Fernando and his wife Lili (Mercedes Sampietro) confront this reality pragmatically, but the stress and conflict greatly test their marriage. The family's economic worries also take their toll on Fernando's relationship with his son Pedro (Pablo Rago). Though Fernando refuses assistance, he resents his son for moving away from Argentina when it most needs resourceful citizens. The drastic changes that Fernando and Lili must make resonate universally, and illustrate the difficult balance struck between government, industry, and individual well-being.DVD Features:Region [unknown]Keep CaseAnamorphic Letterboxed Widescreen - 1.85Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - SpanishAdditional Release Material: TrailerInteractive Features: Weblinks Subtitle ControlText/Photo Galleries: Filmographies
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Banned in Iran, Jafar Panahi's THE CIRCLE is set almost entirely on the busy streets of Tehran--a place where women are restricted by numerous laws, including a repressive dress code, and can only travel accompanied by a man. The beginning of the film focuses on two women, Arezou (Mariam Palvin Almani) and Nargess (Nargess Mamizadeh), who have been given temporary leave from prison and have no intension of returning. They attempt to flee to Nargess's hometown, which she claims is as beautiful as a Van Gogh painting, but are deterred by police. Meanwhile, their friend Pari (Fereshteh Sadr Orfani), who has just escaped from jail, is pregnant and needs an abortion. Panahi's lens continues to shift from one woman to another as this eye-opening tale circles back on itself. More serious in tone than the director's brilliant, lighthearted debut, THE WHITE BALLOON, THE CIRCLE shares many of its technical and narrative flourishes, making it another example of Iranian cinema at its best and most politically aware.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85:1Audio: Stereo - Farsi Subtitles - English - OptionalInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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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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