Foreign Films - Page 28

Manufacturer: Section23 Films Brand: Section23 Films

When Yu Narukami moves to the country town of Inaba to stay with his uncle and cousin, he's expecting a lot more peace and quiet than he's been used to in the big city. What he isn't expecting is for his uncle's job as a police detective to spill over into his own life. Or for the murders that are occurring across town to be somehow linked to Yu's own strange experiences: odd local weather patterns, and a mysterious TV show world that seems to be attempting to get Yu to enter it! Now, together with a new group of friends, Yu must plunge into a bizarre alternate reality where he gains unique abilities that will either help him solve the riddle of the mystery killer, or lead him to his doom. Journey into the Velvet Room and beyond as the hit PlayStation 2® game becomes a spectacular anime in PERSONA 4: The Complete Collection!

Manufacturer: Kino Lorber Brand: KINO INTERNATIONAL

"Come take a leisurely, relaxing trip to the sun-soaked, sandy beaches of Brittany in this bewitchingly funny yet profoundly wise comedy (Vogue) from the brilliant French writer/director Eric Rohmer (My Night at Maud s). Winner for Best Direction at the Berlin Film Festival in 1983, Pauline at the Beach is delightful...a film of summer sunlight, bare skin and escalating amorous misunderstandings (Newsweek).Young and beautiful Pauline (Amanda Langlet) is spending the end of the summer with her older and sexually alluring cousin Marion (Arielle Dombasle) on the stunning Atlantic coast of France. And it isn t long before three eligible men attempt to entice them both into romance. But head games, deceit and lies soon interfere with the amorous mood, threatening to spoil this idyllic playground...and Pauline s innocent views of love."Special Features: Booklet essay by Michelle Orange

Manufacturer: Mhz Networks Home Brand: Mhz Networks Home

Luca Zingaretti, Cesare Bocci. Another set of thrilling episodes from an Italian stallion" kind of detective Salva Montalbano. Includes The Goldfinch and the Cat," Turning Point" and Equal Time." 3 episodes on 3 DVDs. In Italian with English subtitles. 2002-05/color/4 hrs., 48 min/NR/widescreen.

Manufacturer: Film Movement

At the turn of the 19th century, a humble artisan and his wife have a daughter, Marie, who is born deaf and blind and unable to communicate with the world around her. Desperate to find a connection to their daughter and avoid sending her to an asylum, the Heurtins send fourteen-year-old Marie to the Larnay Institute in central France, where an order of Catholic nuns manage a school for deaf girls. There, the idealistic Sister Marguerite sees in Marie a unique potential, and despite her Mother Superior's skepticism, vows to bring the wild young thing out of the darkness into which she was born. Based on true events, Marie's Story recounts the courageous journey of a young nun and the lives she would change forever, confronting failures and discouragement with joyous faith and love. BONUS FEATURES include 'Making Of' featurette, Why We Selected, and short film, MOTHERLY. Movie Viewing Options include Audio Description & Closed Captioning (Audio Description Sponsored and voiced by Michele Spitz of Woman of Her Word)

Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Brand: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Model: 42928699

Special Features Include: -All-new director-supervised and approved HD Master -Commentary with Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Actor Ron Perlman -The Making of The City of Lost Children -Archives of Jean-Pierre Jeunet -Interview with Jean-Paul Gaultier -Original Theatrical Trailers

Manufacturer: Entertainment One Brand: Sony Model: 35341129

Manufacturer: Kino Lorber Model: 35643821

A dizzying blend of German Romanticism, Orientalism, and Expressionism, Fritz Lang s DESTINY (Der made Tod) marked a bold step for Lang, away from the conventional melodrama and into the kind of high-concept filmmaking that would culminate in such über-stylized works as Die Nibelungen and Metropolis. DESTINY is a visually ambitious, cinematic allegory in which a young woman (Lil Dagover) confronts the personification of Death (Bernhard Goetzke), in an effort to save the life of her fiancé (Walter Janssen). She is transported to a Gothic cathedral, where lives are represented as burning candles of varying length. Death weaves three romantic tragedies, and offers to unite the girl with her lover, if she can prevent the death of the lovers in at least one of the episodes. Thus begin three exotic scenarios of ill-fated love, in which the woman must somehow reverse the course of destiny: Persia, Quattrocento Venice, and a fancifully-rendered ancient China. Restored by Anke Wilkening on behalf of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung, this definitive presentation of Destiny preserves the original German intertitles and simulates the historic color tinting and toning of its initial release. Accompanying the film is a newly-composed score by Cornelius Schwehr as a commissioned composition by ZDF / ARTE performed by the 70-member Berlin Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Frank Strobel.Bonus Features: German Intertitles with Optional English Subtitles, Audio Commentary by film historian Tim Lucas, 2016 Re-release trailer, Comparison of B&W / Color Footage

Manufacturer: Arrow Video

The most famous film by Italian provocateur Marco Ferreri (Dillinger is Dead), La Grande bouffe was reviled on release for its perversity, decadence and attack on the bourgeoisie yet won the prestigious FIPRESCI prize after its controversial screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Four friends, played by international superstars Marcello Mastroianni (Fellini s 8½), Michel Piccoli (Belle de jour), Ugo Tognazzi (Barbarella) and Philippe Noiret (Zazie dans le métro) retreat to a country mansion where they determine to eat themselves to death whilst engaging in group activities with ladies of the night and a local school teacher (Andréa Ferréol, The Tin Drum), who seems to be up for anything... At once jovial and sinister, the film s jet-black humour has a further twist as the reputed actors (whose characters use their own names) buck their respectable trend for a descent into chaos that delivers a feast for the eyes and mind. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: Brand new 2K restoration of the original camera negativeHigh Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentationOriginal French audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray) Newly translated English subtitlesThe Farcical Movie A French television profile of Marco Ferreri from 1975 in which the director discusses, among other things, the influence of Tex Avery, Luis Buñuel and Tod Browning s FreaksBehind-the-scenes footage of the making of La Grande bouffe, containing interviews with Ferrari and actors Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Ugo Tognazzi and Philippe NoiretExtracts from the television series Couleurs autour d'un festival featuring interviews with the cast and crew recorded during the Cannes Film FestivalA visual essay on the film with by Italian film scholar Pasquale IannoneSelect scene audio commentary by IannoneNews report from the Cannes Film Festival where La Grande bouffe caused a controversial stir, including Ferreri at the press conferenceOriginal TrailerReversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork ...