Based on the French novel and Bizet's most popular opera which it inspired Carlos Saura's exhilarating flamenco 'Carmen' became an instant classic on its release and was rewarded with many international accolades including Academy Award nominations and prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. The film explores the legend by staging a modern ensemble of musicians and dancers busy rehearsing a flamenco interpretation of the Carmen story. The producer and star dancer is Antonio (Antonio Gad
Mafia thriller story of a man condemned to prison for murder where his coldblooded ruthlessness and brilliance earns him the nickname 'The Professor'. From his cell he sets out to take control of all the extortion rackets in Naples. The streets soon run red...
Based on the French novel and Bizet's most popular opera which it inspired Carlos Saura's exhilarating flamenco Carmen became an instant classic on its release and was rewarded with many international accolades including Academy Award nominations and prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. The film explores the legend by staging a modern ensemble of musicians and dancers busy rehearsing a flamenco interpretation of the Carmen story. The producer and star dancer is Antonio (Antonio Gades) chooses a girl named Carmen (Laura del Sol) to play 'his' Carmen but life begins tragically to imitate art...
A trilogy of films based on a group of Spanish dancers. When the group director falls in love with one of the stunning dancers it causes friction in the group.
This box set features a collection of films directed by the Spanish maestro Carlos Saura. Tango: A 1998 Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film Carlos Saura's incomparable vision of dance and music is woven around the Latin passion of the Tango. In this sensual motion picture evocatively photographed in stunningly rich and vivid colours by legendary Vittorio Storaro cinematographer of 'Apocalypse Now' and 'The Last Emperor' tells the passionate struggle of choreograph
Alistair a hair tonic salesman is not very happy about welcoming back a father who twenty-three years earlier went out to fetch some cigarettes. He decides to spy on his father and discovers that he is still the drunken disgrace that he used to be. Alistair decides that drastic action must be taken to stop this awful man....the outcome is outrageous!
An Italian Mafioso thriller about one of Naples' most sadistic crime bosses Raffaele Cutolo condemned to prison for murder. Whilst there his coldblooded ruthlessness and brilliance earns him the nickname 'The Professor'. From his cell he sets out to take control of all the extortion rackets in Naples. Needless to say the streets soon run red with the blood of his enemies...
The Professor: Mafia thriller story of a man condemned to prison for murder where his coldblooded ruthlessness and brilliance earns him the nickname 'The Professor'. From his cell he sets out to take control of all the extortion rackets in Naples. The streets soon run red... Mafia Docks: In the large industrial part of an Italian city - sailors women black market traffickers sleazy nightclubs and dingy narrow alleys make up a world of danger where a young American girl vanishes without a trace while an Italian man tries to track her down. On the way he encounters the strangest of characters: a beautiful and ambitious prostitute a girl ravaged by drugs and the ferocious Joe Narescu who is battling against a rival gang so that he can gain control of the port. Through all these trials and tribulations a touching love story blossoms between our hero and a gorgeous woman whose life has been hardened by the streets of the port. During these nervewracking unexpected turn of evens his quest of the truth prevails - despite the bloody encounters with rival gangs fights and murders. Love binds the two protagonists in the face of all the seemingly insurmountable difficulties and enables them to overcome the shadows from the past that haunt her. Together they will be able to face the tragic truth surrounding the circumstances of the young American girl's disappearance. Meanwhile back at the port the situation is deteriorating rapidly while the tension between the rival gangs has come to a head. In the last conflict during the long night along the waterfront the situation explodes into a climax of blood and flames. Only love will overcome the bitterness and the fear... Below Utopia: Daniel Beckett is the black sheep son of wealthy art dealer Jack Beckett. He and his girlfriend Suzanne are on their way to Thanksgiving dinner at his parents' estate 'their own little utopia'. When they arrive they find Daniel's family eagerly waiting. At dinner Suzanne learns more about the crushing dominance of Daniel's father. After dinner Daniel's father tells him he must join the family business or be cut off from the family fortune. Unable to cope Daniel takes Suzanne down his private basement when...screams and gunfire erupt from above. A band of murderous art thieves have entered the house. They move past priceless pieces of art whilst systematically killing Daniel's family. For Daniel and Suzanne it becomes a terrifying game of cat and mouse where they must either kill or be killed...
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