May01

Vergine giurata / Sworn Virgin (2015) DVD9

by movieworld on May 1st, 2017 at 13:24
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Sworn Virgin 2015
Amid the snowy jags of the “Mountains of the Damned” in Northern Albania, Hana (Alba Rohrwacher) has grown up in her beloved uncle's household following the death of her parents. Not just a sister, but a soulmate of sorts to her cousin Lila (Flonja Khodeli) the film effectively evokes the kind of passionate attachment that can form between girls of a young age, particularly when hothoused in a restrictive environment. Hana, however finds the idea of living as a woman under Kanun law — a list of jaw-dropping commandments about what a woman may not do — insupportable, and under the tutelage of her uncle, elects to become a sworn virgin, taking the name Mark. But when Lila runs away to marry for love, thus dishonoring the family's arranged marriage, Mark cannot bring himself to prevent her, and the two are separated for years. Following the death of both uncle and aunt, Mark decides to come down from the mountains, journeys to Italy and turns up unannounced at the small apartment Lila lives in with her husband and teenage daughter Jonida (Emily Ferratello).

DVD9 | NTSC 16:9 | 01:27:54 | 5.63 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Albanian
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama

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May01

The Informer (1929) DVD9 and Blu-Ray

by movieworld on May 1st, 2017 at 11:02
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama

The Informer 1929This rare silent adaptation of Liam O’Flaherty’s famous novel is set among Dublin revolutionaries in the early days of the newly independent Irish Free State, formed in 1922.
It is a tale of revolution and betrayal, with an underground cell of activists torn apart when one of their member accidentally kills a police officer.

The dense narrative develops in a short time heightening the intensity of emotional effect. Our sympathies are challenged to deal with the complexity of personal versus political loyalties, where no-one is entirely innocent and the implications of seemingly minor or impulsive decisions create inescapable moral dilemmas for all the protagonists.

The story of “The Informer” has been made into feature films a few times over the years. The 1929 film was the first.

This Dual Format Edition includes the silent version alongside the rare sound version which was produced at the same time. The sound version of the film was restored in 2005 from the picture camera negative while the silent version was restored in 2014. The sound version has a good but lesser restoration while the silent version is simply amazing.
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Apr30

Rumble Fish (1983) 2 x DVD9 and Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on April 30th, 2017 at 13:57
Posted In: .Other movies, Crime, Drama

Rumble Fish 1983 Criterion CollectionRumble Fish is the story of Rusty-James (Matt Dillon), a teenager who is the younger brother of neighborhood legend The Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke). When his elder brother disappears, Rusty-James loses his rudder and begins to careen through life looking for the fight that will make it all make sense. He drags what is left of his big brother's gang, Smokey (Nicolas Cage), B.J. (Chris Penn), Midget (Larry Fishburne), and Steve (Vincent Spano), through his existential crisis as he attempts to reconcile his own inability to connect with the world through acts of violence. The one thing that almost keeps him grounded is his on-again-off-again relationship with Patty, a student at an all-girls school in the neighborhood.

When The Motorcycle Boy returns after a long disappearance, Rusty-James begins to regain his mojo, thinking that the life he'd lived before would make a comeback and he and the gang would go on as if nothing ever happened. What he doesn't realize is that while he is looking for truth in the glory of the past, everyone around him has moved on into a future that looks a lot different, including and especially his big brother.
LIttle by little Rusty-James' life starts to come apart as the world he knows goes on without him, no matter how hard he tries to make it stop. The Motorcycle Boy tries to protect him from himself, but Rusty-James just won't listen and it takes a shocking act of violence to wake him up.
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Apr30

Playing the Victim / Izobrazhaya zhertvu / Изображая жертву (2006) DVD9

by movieworld on April 30th, 2017 at 12:42
Posted In: .Russian movies, Comedy

Izobrazhaya zhertvu 2006This is a unique movie that takes important features and themes from Shakespeare’s Hamlet and smartly plays with them, placing them in a contemporary Russian context.

Val'ka, the main character — a skinny, young guy with long locks and a pronounced Adam’s apple — hates his mother and her fancy suitor, his natural uncle, Petia. He suspects that his father, a naval officer, did not die of natural causes and that uncle Petia was somehow involved. His dead father, a stern man in the uniform of a captain of the first rank, appears before Val'ka at night and at crucial moments in the film. Val'ka is having an affair with a young woman, Olia, who is as pitiful and defenseless a being as Ophelia. And at the end of the film, this post-Soviet Danish prince will settle scores drastically with Gertrude and Claudius, and also with the unfortunate Ophelia, putting a tragic end to his relations with the world.

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:40:04 | 6.08 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Russian
Subtitles: English
Genre: Dark comedy

Director: Kirill Serebrennikov
Cast: Yuriy Chursin, Vitaliy Khaev, Aleksandr Ilin, Marat Basharov, Fyodor Dobronravov, Igor Gasparyan, Liya Akhedzhakova
Country: Russia
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Apr30

La pirogue / The Pirogue (2012) DVD9

by movieworld on April 30th, 2017 at 12:12
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama

La pirogue 2012Baye Laye is a Senegalese fisherman who reluctantly agrees to navigate and pilot a boat carrying over thirty people illegally from the African coast to the shores of Spain where they can all live our their dreams of becoming athletes, rock stars, or reuniting with their families. Not only is the boat drastically overweight and the equipment faulty at the best of times, but not even all of the passengers speak the same language, some of which have never even seen the ocean before. He seems to be the only one capable of keeping a level head since the trip’s organizer is more fashionable than reasonable and the ship’s back-up “captain” is nothing more than a boy.
Senegalese director Moussa Toure gives us the sympathetic perspective of those who take that risky journey, and relives what it’s like for his countrymen who travel almost a thousand miles from West Africa to Spain’s Canary Islands.

DVD9 | PAL 16:9 | 01:24:13 | 6.94 Gb + 3% rec
Language: Wolof
Subtitles: English, Francais
Genre: Drama

Director: Moussa Toure
Cast: Souleymane Seye Ndiaye, Laity Fall, Babacar Oualy
Country: France, Senegal, Germany
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Apr29

The Night of the Hunter (1955) 2 x DVD9 and 2 x Blu-Ray Criterion Collection

by movieworld on April 29th, 2017 at 18:23
Posted In: .Other movies, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller

The Night of the Hunter 1955 Criterion Collection
The great British actor Charles Laughton directed only one film - The Night of the Hunter. It was a commercial and critical failure, but today it is regarded by many as one of the greatest American horror films ever made. Sadly, Laughton was so profoundly disappointed by its poor reception that he never directed again.

The story of the The Night of the Hunter is set during the Great Depression, and it is about the three infamous American obsessions – religion, sex, and money. The great Robert Mitchum plays Harry Powell, a serial killer on the loose, who is arrested for stealing a car and thrown in jail. His cellmate, Ben Harper (Peter Graves, It Conquered the World ), a bank robber and also a killer who is soon to be hanged, shares with him that he has stolen $10,000 and that only his children know where the money is hidden. Harry cannot believe his luck.

A few days after Ben is hanged, Harry is released from jail. Pretending to be a traveling preacher, he heads straight to Ben's home. He immediately befriends his beautiful widow, Willa (Shelley Winters, The Diary of Anne Frank), who shortly after that agrees to marry him. Ben's children, John (Billy Chapin, Tension at Table Rock) and Pearl (Sally Jane Bruce), however, are not as impressed with the preacher as is their mother...
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Apr29

Tenebre / Tenebrae (1982) DVD9 and Blu-Ray Arrow Films, Blu-Ray Synapse Films

by movieworld on April 29th, 2017 at 16:04
Posted In: .Other movies, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Tenebrae 1982The film follows the exploits of an American mystery novel writer named Peter Neal (Anthony Franciosa). He travels to Rome at the behest of his agent, Mr. Bullmer (John Saxon), to promote his latest novel titled 'Tenebrae.' Accompanying him on this trip is his personal assistant, Anne (Daria Nicolodi), who has long harbored a secret crush for her employer. What Neal doesn't know is that his ex-wife, Jane (Veronica Lario), has also tagged along on this little trip.

Just before Neal arrives, a young woman accused of shoplifting a copy of the book is killed by a black-gloved killer brandishing a straight razor, her throat viciously slashed open by the unseen maniac. Neal later receives a letter from the killer who credits his writing as the inspiration for the murderous rampage that he has only just begun. Neal, of course, winds up talking to the police who send Detective Giermani (Guiliano Gemma) and his partner Alteri (Carola Stagnaro) to investigate. As the detectives try to figure out who the killer is, the bodies start to pile up around them - first a pair of lesbian lovers are murdered, then the daughter of the man Neal rents his apartment from is killed with an axe. All of the victims have a tie to the author, who soon starts to fear for his life. He and his other assistant, Gianni (Christiano Borromeo), begin an investigation of their own… but the killer has a few tricks up his sleeve and won't stop until his obsessions with Neal and his work are silenced.
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Apr29

Jesus de Montreal / Jesus of Montreal (1989) DVD9

by movieworld on April 29th, 2017 at 14:08
Posted In: .Other movies, Drama

Jesus of Montreal 1989This provocative movie places the Gospel story in the midst of the contemporary world, suggesting parallels to events in the life of Christ with what happens to the dedicated young actor.
The plot of this film begins with Father Leclerc (Gilles Pelletier), Catholic priest who has been staging Passion Play in Montreal Catholic Sanctuary for almost four decades. Knowing that the times have changed and that the old-fashioned production needs refreshing, he hires young, talented but relatively unknown actor Daniel Coulombe (Lothaire Bluteau) to stage new, more modern version. Coulombe takes this job very seriously - he hires small troupe made out of mostly young or unemployed actors and actresses, while taking the role of Jesus for himself. In order to make his portrayal as realistic and convincing as possible, he spends a lot of time in historical research of Jesus and his times, and that research includes some new and controversial findings that would find its place in the new text of the play. When this modern, innovative and effective production premiers in front of the audience, the result is theatrical triumph, but Daniel and his colleagues have little time to celebrate because Church authorities aren't very enthusiastic about questionable content. When Father Leclerc demands that some alterations be made in the text, Daniel and his actors decide to defend their artistic integrity but their stand would have tragic consequences.
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