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A whole new world from Pathe
By M&C News Sep 3, 2005, 8:25 GMT
THERE’S A WHOLE NEW WORLD OUT THERE…
Explore award-winning, engaging and entertaining cinema from around the world with Pathé Distribution Ltd on the 26th September 2005. ‘Your Other Cinema’ is a collection of new-to-DVD titles, released in three separate stages from September priced at £15.99 each.
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Two Men. Two Worlds. One Cause. When newly-commissioned SS Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur) witnesses the chemical disinfectant he's helped perfect being used to systematically murder interred Jews, he has no choice but to act. The only sympathetic ear Gerstein is able to find is that of a young Father Riccardo (Mathieu Kassovitz), a priest with deep ties to the Vatican. While Riccardo takes on the obstructive Vatican hierarchy, Gerstein must walk a tightrope between documenting and enabling the atrocities his fellow SS officers cold-bloodedly commit. As the two unlikely allies fight to reveal the truth to the Church and the world, they discover that the fates of a man of conscience committing treason for the sake of humanity and a man of God committing heresy to thwart genocide are ultimately the same. Costa-Gavras reveals the heroism and deceit surrounding the Vatican's response to the Holocaust with both suspenseful urgency and cool detachment, underscoring the disturbing grey areas of character that tolerated the Nazi atrocities that Gerstein and Riccardo beseech the Vatican to condemn. Without sanctimony, the bitter ironies and hollow victories that are at the heart of Amen. incriminate the Nazis, the Church and ultimately humanity itself.
The Barber of Siberia:
In 1905 Jane Callaghan, a once beautiful American, writes to her son at a famous military academy. Her memories take us back twenty years to when she arrived in Russia to assist Douglas McCracken, an obsessive engineer who needs the Grand Duke's patronage to sponsor his invention - a massive machine to harvest the forests of Siberia. In the course of her travels, Jane meets two men who will change her life forever. A handsome young cadet, Andrei Tolstoy, with whom she shares her passion for opera, and the powerful General Radol who is spellbound by her beauty. The General wants her hand in marriage, and she knows she can use him to gain access to the Grand Duke...
In 1905 Jane Callaghan, a once beautiful American, writes to her son at a famous military academy. Her memories take us back twenty years to when she arrived in Russia to assist Douglas McCracken, an obsessive engineer who needs the Grand Duke's patronage to sponsor his invention - a massive machine to harvest the forests of Siberia. In the course of her travels, Jane meets two men who will change her life forever. A handsome young cadet, Andrei Tolstoy, with whom she shares her passion for opera, and the powerful General Radol who is spellbound by her beauty. The General wants her hand in marriage, and she knows she can use him to gain access to the Grand Duke...
Burnt by the Sun:
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things change dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin Dmitri from Moscow, who charms the women and little Nadia with his games and pianistic bravura. But Kotov isn't fooled: this is the time of Stalin's repression and with telephone calls in the middle of the night spelling doom he knows that Dmitri isn't paying a social call...
Russia, 1936: revolutionary hero Colonel Kotov is spending an idyllic summer in his dacha with his young wife and six-year-old daughter Nadia and other assorted family and friends. Things change dramatically with the unheralded arrival of Cousin Dmitri from Moscow, who charms the women and little Nadia with his games and pianistic bravura. But Kotov isn't fooled: this is the time of Stalin's repression and with telephone calls in the middle of the night spelling doom he knows that Dmitri isn't paying a social call...
Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi) is a nine-year-old boy who is desperate to locate his long-lost biological mother. Abandoned by all of his friends for the summer holidays and with no one to accompany him on his quest, Masao is left in the care of layabout yakuza goon Kikujiro (Kitano) who doesn't like children at all, least of all demanding nine-year-old boys. Over time, man and boy develop a fondness for one another, embarking on an adventure of sorts through the Japanese countryside to find the long-lost mother... Japanese actor/writer/director Takeshi Kitano is perhaps best known to international audiences for his violent and stylish crime flicks 'Violent Cop' and 'Boiling Point'. For this feature, he takes a change of pace to write, direct and star in a comic road movie about a magical friendship between a middle-aged man and a little boy.
Le Bonheur est Dans le Pre:
Francis (Michel Serrault) is stressed. He is struggling with rebellious work force at his factory and being hounded by tax inpectors. His snobby wife and daughter are extravagantly planning a society wedding with what little money they have left. Francis wants a way out. Whilst watching a TV programme, he is shocked to see a woman with her two daughters, give a passionate speech about her long lost husband who looks surprisingly just like him. Francis puts himself forward as her husband and enters a new relaxed lifestyle on a farm with his new sexy wife and daughters. He thinks his problems are over, but soon he realises the life he has stepped into isn't as perfect as he thought! Featuring a critically acclaimed performance from none other than iconic footballer Eric Cantona, 'Le Bonheur Est Dans Le Pre' is a darkly comic story of one man searching for happiness...
Francis (Michel Serrault) is stressed. He is struggling with rebellious work force at his factory and being hounded by tax inpectors. His snobby wife and daughter are extravagantly planning a society wedding with what little money they have left. Francis wants a way out. Whilst watching a TV programme, he is shocked to see a woman with her two daughters, give a passionate speech about her long lost husband who looks surprisingly just like him. Francis puts himself forward as her husband and enters a new relaxed lifestyle on a farm with his new sexy wife and daughters. He thinks his problems are over, but soon he realises the life he has stepped into isn't as perfect as he thought! Featuring a critically acclaimed performance from none other than iconic footballer Eric Cantona, 'Le Bonheur Est Dans Le Pre' is a darkly comic story of one man searching for happiness...
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Each week, Pierre and his friends organize what is called as "un dîner de cons", in which each participant must bring the most idiotic companion as a guest with a prize awarded to the most irritating of the evening. Pierre (Thierry Lhermitte) thinks his quarry is unsurpassable but when an injury forces him to miss the regular meal, he finds that his new found friend is not easy to shake off...
Les Destinees Sentimentales:
Protestant cleric Jean Barnery (Berling) when he divorces his severe wife after falling in love with Pauline (Beart), the independent-minded niece of an upper-crust parishioner. Heir to a porcelain factory in Limoges, Jean gives his fortune to his ex-wife to assuage his guilt over the divorce. Living idyllically in Switzerland with Pauline, duty calls: ignoring the wishes of his new wife his family asks him to return to Limoges to run the business. His new responsibilities, as well as his service in the Great War, change him and his relationship with Pauline irrevocably...
Protestant cleric Jean Barnery (Berling) when he divorces his severe wife after falling in love with Pauline (Beart), the independent-minded niece of an upper-crust parishioner. Heir to a porcelain factory in Limoges, Jean gives his fortune to his ex-wife to assuage his guilt over the divorce. Living idyllically in Switzerland with Pauline, duty calls: ignoring the wishes of his new wife his family asks him to return to Limoges to run the business. His new responsibilities, as well as his service in the Great War, change him and his relationship with Pauline irrevocably...
Love.etc:
Pierre (Charles Berling) and Benoit (Yvan Attal) and have been the worlds best friends for 20 years. For 20 years, Pierre has been exploiting his charm, wackiness, cheek and genuine ability to please; for 20 years Benoit has been working hard at his life, paying for his friend, quietly waiting for love to hit him, wanting whats sensible. Marie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is shy, or rather discreet, and thinks she knows what she wants. She is looking for a Benoit but marries Pierre. How do you take the news that your best friend is madly in love with your wife? How do you go from a couple of friends, to a loving couple, to an infernal triangle?
Pierre (Charles Berling) and Benoit (Yvan Attal) and have been the worlds best friends for 20 years. For 20 years, Pierre has been exploiting his charm, wackiness, cheek and genuine ability to please; for 20 years Benoit has been working hard at his life, paying for his friend, quietly waiting for love to hit him, wanting whats sensible. Marie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is shy, or rather discreet, and thinks she knows what she wants. She is looking for a Benoit but marries Pierre. How do you take the news that your best friend is madly in love with your wife? How do you go from a couple of friends, to a loving couple, to an infernal triangle?
Ma Vie Sexuelle:
A fun-loving assistant professor waiting to finish his doctorate is dating Esther. But after ten years they're not getting on...
A fun-loving assistant professor waiting to finish his doctorate is dating Esther. But after ten years they're not getting on...
A cinematic poem that works more as a reflective mood piece than a traditional film, Bui's lyrical script and Rinzler's magical camera work combine to create an original treatment of an American returning to Ho Chi Minh City looking for the daughter he fathered during the war...
Vietnamese-American Bui's film has the distinction of being the first American production to shoot in Vietnam since the War. Also, its Sundance triple-crown (Grand Jury Prize, Audience Award, Best Cinematography) solidifies its place in indie history.
Vietnamese-American Bui's film has the distinction of being the first American production to shoot in Vietnam since the War. Also, its Sundance triple-crown (Grand Jury Prize, Audience Award, Best Cinematography) solidifies its place in indie history.
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