The second feature film from acclaimed director Julie Bertucelli, The Tree stars Award-winning actress Charlotte Gainsbourg (Melancholia, Antichrist) newcomer Morgana Davies, and Martin Csokas (The Lord of the Rings)Dawn (Gainsbourg) and Peter live together with their children in the Australian countryside. In the middle of their garden stands the kids' favorite playground : a massive Moreton Bay Fig tree, whose branches reach high towards the sky and roots stretch far into the ground. When Peter crashes into the tree and dies, Dawn is left alone with her grief and four children to raise. All of them natually go looking for comfort in their protective tree, but can daughter Simone really hear her father whispering to her through the leaves?
This modern fable captures the spirit of the immigrant experience as one family sheds the comfort of the Old World for the opportunities of the New.
Luis is a happy-go-lucky bachelor whose life is about to get turned upside down by the his mother and five sisters who insist that he take a wife and settle down.
Andrew Birkin's chilling adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel is a disturbing tale of childhood survival in a moral wasteland. Fearing foster homes and adoption four recently orphaned siblings decide to keep their mother's death a secret burying her in a cement locker in the basement. The Lolita-like Julie (Charlotte Gainsbourg of Jane Eyre and The Little Thief) quickly adapts to the role of surrogate mother caring for the younger children and picking up a thirtysomething boyfriend. Fifteen-year old Jack however is only concerned with his developing sexuality and his increasing infatuation with his sister. When the intrusive curiosity of Julie's boyfriend threatens to expose their secret Jack finally assumes the mature role of family protector. As he slowly wins Julie's respect their gentle flirtation results in a devastating and forbidden consummation. Fraught with sexual tension and suspense The Cement Garden is a chilling look at unrestrained adolescent desire.
Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard (Ma vie en rose), Mathieu Almaric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) and Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist) team up for the latest feature from acclaimed writer-director Arnaud Desplechin (A Christmas Tale). Filmmaker Ismael (Almaric) lives with his wife Sylvia (Gainsbourg) but remains obsessed with his ex-wife (Cotillard), who disappeared 20 years ago and is believed to be dead. When she suddenly reappears, Ismael's life already complicated by a film project he is unable to finish takes a strange turn. Complex, playful and humorous, Ismael's Ghosts is a wonderful showcase for some of French cinema's finest acting talent. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation of the Director s Cut and the Theatrical Cut [Limited Edition Exclusive] DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Optional English subtitles Interview with director Arnaud Desplechin Interview with star Marion Cotillard Interview with star Charlotte Gainsbourg Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring two artworks FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Ginette Vincendeau and Phil Concannon
A young engineer's life is turned upside down after the discovery of a dead lemming and a meal with his boss.
Cannes Award Winner Charlotte Gainsbourg (Melancholia) stars opposite Pete Doherty in his film debut in Confession of a Child of the Century. Doherty plays Octave, a young libertine who witnesses his lover Elise (Lily Cole) being unfaithful. Despair leads to decadence, influenced by his friends to undertake a life of debauchery but it fails to satisfy his thirst for the absolute. He meets a young widow Brigitte who, at first, tries to resist him, unwilling to relive the tortures of passion. They fall in love, but their relationship becomes tempestuous as Octave is quickly overcome by suspicion, in a world where love is fragile and temptation is everywhere.
Hypnotic and Haunting! A hothouse of sexual tension and secret longing that is hard to shake. -Peter Travers ROLLING STONE Andrew Birkin's chilling adaptation of Ian McEwan's (The Comfort Of Strangers) novel is a disturbing tale of childhood survival in a moral wasteland. Fearing foster homes and adoption four recently orphaned siblings decide to keep their mother's death a secret burying her in a cement locker in the basement. The Lolita-like Julie (Charlotte Gainsbourg of Jane Eyre and The Little Thief) quickly adapts to the role of surrogate mother caring for the younger children and picking up a thirtysomething boyfriend. Fifteen-year old Jack however is only concerned with his developing sexuality and his increasing infatuation with his sister. When the intrusive curiosity of Julie's boyfriend threatens to expose their secret Jack finally assumes the mature role of family protector. As he slowly wins Julie's respect their gentle flirtation results in a devastating and forbidden consummation. Fraught with sexual tension and suspense The Cement Garden is a chilling look at unrestrained adolescent desire.
One of the most bold, daring, controversial and iconoclastic directors of our time, Lars von Trier has secured himself a place among the great auteurs of contemporary cinema. This box set brings together four of his most recent works - Nymphomaniac Vol. I & Vol. II, Melancholia, Antichrist and Breaking the Waves.
One of the most bold, daring, controversial and iconoclastic directors of our time, Lars von Trier has secured himself a place among the great auteurs of contemporary cinema. This box set brings together four of his most recent works - Nymphomaniac Vol. I & Vol. II, Melancholia, Antichrist and Breaking the Waves.
Camille a naive schoolgirl encounters the intriguing Joelle a girl slightly older but vastly more experienced in the ways of the world. Joelle leads Camille into a new a rather uncomfortable world through the discovery of sex and the darker side of life. Later in life as Camille discovers the paralysing fear of Aids she recalls her earlier encounters with Joelle and the fact she may have contracted the disease...
Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard (Ma vie en rose), Mathieu Almaric (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) and Charlotte Gainsbourg (Antichrist) team up for the latest feature from acclaimed writer-director Arnaud Desplechin (A Christmas Tale). Filmmaker Ismael (Almaric) lives with his wife Sylvia (Gainsbourg) but remains obsessed with his ex-wife (Cotillard), who disappeared 20 years ago and is believed to be dead. When she suddenly reappears, Ismael's life already complicated by a film project he is unable to finish takes a strange turn. Complex, playful and humorous, Ismael's Ghosts is a wonderful showcase for some of French cinema's finest acting talent. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: Standard Definition presentation Optional English subtitles Interview with director Arnaud Desplechin Interview with star Marion Cottilard Interview with star Charlotte Gainsbourg Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring two artworks
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