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Italian director Gabriele Muccino (THE LAST KISS) directs this tale of a modern family who is on the verge of unraveling. On the surface, the Ristuccia family appears to have it all: Carlo (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) has a well-paying, secure job; Giulia (Laura Morante) is getting more beautiful with age; 18-year-old Valentina (Nicoletta Romanoff) has dreams of dancing stardom; and 19-year-old Paolo (Silvio Muccino) has fallen in love. But, as is the case with most things in life, desperation and hopelessness lie just around the corner. When Carlo bumps into a former flame (Monica Bellucci), the floodgates of passion are opened. Meanwhile, the other characters must confront demons of their own. After a near-fatal tragedy, the family is finally forced to confront its downward spiral.Muccino's bittersweet drama critically yet empathetically captures the lives of these tender souls. He uses sweeping Steadicam cinematography to reflect the swirling emotions within each character, and layers the picture with stacks of pop music. But Muccino's greatest talent lies in casting. As the conflicted Carlo, Bentivoglio shines, while Romanoff and Muccino (the director's brother) are completely natural in their roles. But the film's real standouts are Morante and Bellucci, two of the world's most beautiful actresses, who somehow manage to present themselves with a heartbreakingly believable fragility.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: Dolby Digital Surround 5.1 EnglishAdditional Release Material: Previews
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The director Jacques Rivette may be lesser known to mainstream audiences than his contemporaries Trouffaut and Godard, but in the world of film, he is just as influential. His 1988 film, GANG OF FOUR, which won the Berlin International Film Festival that year, mixes elements of drama and mystery. 4 film students--studying under a famous film critic named Constance Dumas, move into a small house together. When one of them is brutally attacked and then rescued by a mystery person, she comes to realize that this stranger has some secret involvement with her 3 increasingly menacing housemates.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.85Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - French
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This drama focuses on one of the great tragedies at the turn of the 20th Century: the war in Kosovo. Centered around a platoon of Spanish soldiers, the film follows the innocent young men as they step into a hell that no training could have prepared them for. Director Daniel Carparsoro mixes scenes of intense action with personal drama, adding even greater depth to the proceedings. The result is an original war picture that proves once again just how evil war can be.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 2.35Audio: Stereo - Spanish Stereo - English
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This Korean horror film blends elements of science fiction and horror in a terrifyingly possible scenario about a dedicated online gamer. While playing his favorite virtual reality game, a man named Sumusal goes on a quest for a powerful weapon. Somehow, he unknowingly exits the virtual world and finds himself at an apartment complex called Paradise Villa. Thinking that the weapon is hidden inside and that the tenants are his enemies, Sumusal begins killing them off one by one, prompting the villa's denizens to take desperate measures to stop his brutal killings.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseLetterboxedAudio: Dolby Digital Stereo - Korean Dolby Digital Stereo - Cantonese Dolby Digital Stereo - MandarinInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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In the second part of Sergei Eisenstein's grand film, a grieving Ivan (Nikolai Cherkassov) withdraws from Moscow to his estate at Uglich after the death of the empress, less trustful than ever of those who surround him. His solitude is augmented by the defection of his military chief, Prince Kurbsky (Mikahil Nazvanov), to Poland.
But when the people of Moscow make a mass pilgrimage to petition for his return to Moscow, he realizes that he has an opportunity to increase his power while diminishing that of the boyars. After his former friend Philip the Monk (Andrei Abrikosov) betrays his friendship by siding with the boyars, Ivan unleashes the Oprichniki, a secret police network that he has developed to gather information about his enemies and, when necessary, eliminate them. Under the directon of Ivan's aunt Euphrosyne (Serafima Birman), the boyars hatch a plot to assassinate the czar and put Euphrosyne's mentally defective son, Vladimir (Pavel Kadochnikov), on the throne. But after Ivan deftly eludes death, all of his opponents, including the boyars, the aristocracy, and the Polish army, unite to attempt a final assault on his rule. The visual splendor of Part 2 is enhanced by two scenes featuring Eisenstein's first experiments with color, an element for which he developed an elaborate thematic scheme.DVD Features:Region 0 EncodingKeep Case
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