WORLD CINEMA

NEW CHINESE RELEASES 2011

24 CITY (U)     2009 CHINA            JIA,  ZHANGKE        £19.99

    Part-drama, part-documentary based on the closure of a factory in the Chinese city of Chengdu. The result is an intimate and emotional portrait of ordinary Chinese people  living in an evolving economy and rapidly changing society.

ASHES OF TIME REDUX (15) 2008 CHINA KAR WAI, WONG  £19.99

 Based on the novel by Louis Cha, this film follows a lone swordsman as time passes.

AWAY WITH WORDS (15) 1999 CHINA  DOYLE, CHRISTOPHER £19.99

  Captivating tale of a drifter who finds himself in a bar orbited by a an eclectic group of patrons.

AXIS OF WAR: THE FIRST OF AUGUST (15) 2008 CHINA   MANDARIN     £15.99

    The first part in the epic Chinese war trilogy. In 1927, China's fate hangs in the balance as the Communist Alliance wages an epic and bloody civil war campaign against the uprisings of local warlords and feudal barons.

AXIS OF WAR: MY LONG MARCH (15) 2008 CHINA   MANDARIN           £15.99

    The second part of the epic Chinese trilogy set during the Nanchang uprising of the Chinese Civil War in 1927.

AXIS OF WAR: NIGHT RAID (15) 2008 CHINA   MANDARIN           £15.99

    The third and final installment of the Chinese war trilogy.

BATTLE OF WITS (15) 2006 CHINA CHEUNG, CHI LEUNG £17.99

 Based on a popular  manga series from Japan titled Bokko.

BLACK SNOW (15) CHINA 1990 FEI, XIE IN MANDARIN £12.99

 Politically daring tale of urban alienation and despair.

BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (18) 2009 CHINA CHAN, TEDDY   MANDARIN      £12.99

    Hong Kong martial arts action thriller starring Donnie Yen. BLU RAY - £19.99

CAPE NO. 7 (15) 2008   TAIWAN WEI , TE-SHENG IN MANDERIN £12.99

 Feelgood Taiwanese drama about a failed rock musician who returns to his hometown

CAVE OF THE YELLOW DOG (U) 2005 MONGOLIA   DAVAA,  BYAMBASUREN    £16.99

    Six-year-old Girl set off to find her missing dog goes  and encounters an old nomad woman who tells her the legend of the cave of the yellow dog.

CHUNGKING EXPRESS (12) 1994 HONG KONG  KAR WAI, WONG    £19.99

 Two stories revolving around cops, drugs and  dreams.

CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH (18) 2009 CHINA    LU CHUAN    MANDARIN    £15.99

  Historical drama based on the invasion of Nanking - the then-capital of the Republic of China - by the Japanese army in 1936.  BLU RAY - £19.99

CONFUCIUS (TBA) 2010 CHINA  MEI HU        MANDARIN        £17.99

    Biographical drama about Chinese philosopher Confucius.  BLU RAY - £24.99

DEATH NOTICE: IKIGAMI (15) 2008 JAPAN    TAKIMOTO,  TOMOYUKI    £15.99

    Japanese sci-fi drama based on the manga series by Motoro Mase.

END OF LOVE (18) 2009 CHINA  CHUNG, SIMON      MANDARIN      £19.99

    A young gay man recalls his past life as a drug addict and rent boy, and finally confronts the dark secrets of his past.

GADA MEILIN (12) 2002 CHINA XIAONING, FENG £12.99

 Epic about Gada Meilin who struggles against the forces of greed and injustice too  becomes a hero and legend of the Mongolian people.

HAPPY TOGETHER (15) HONG KONG 1997  MANDARIN & SPANISH. KAR WAI, WONG    £19.99

 Award winning  director Wong Kar-Wai’s film about ga l overs who  move to

Argentina and drift apart, till one  goes in search of the other.

LAST TRAIN HOME (E) 2009     CHINA    LIXIN FAN    MANDERIN    £14.99

    Documentary portraying the devastating personal toll paid by China's 150 million-plus rural migrant workers who are forced by economic circumstance to go away to work in far-flung cities.

MAD DETECTIVE (18) 2007  HONG KONG TO, JOHNNIE/FAI,WAI KA    £12.99

 The line between reality and fantasy bends in this surreal thriller that redefines the detective genre.

MILAREPA (TBA)  2006 TIBET CHOKLING,NETEN £19.99

 Captivating story of Milarepa, the man who would become Tibet s greatest yogi and saint.

MULAN (18) 2009  CHINA    MA, JINGLE      MANDARIN    £17.99

    Epic story of the Chinese girl-warrior, Mulan, who defies her father and tradition by joining the army disguised as a boy.  BLU RAY £23.99

POSTMEN IN THE MOUNTAINS (12) 1999 CHINA HUO JIANQI £12.99

 Rural postman passes his route on to his son, whom he takes on his final trip.

PURPLE SUNSET (15) 2001 CHINA XIAONING, FENG £12.99

 Final film in a trilogy -an Eastern adaptation of Tolstoy’s  novel War and Peace. Set just after the devastating atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the tale follows the lives and loves of three World War II survivors.

RED CLIFF (15) 2009 CHINA  WOO,  JOHN £19.99

  Historical action epic based on one of Asia's most popular novels, 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms' by Guanzhong Luo. Mandarin with English subtitles BLU RAY £24.99

RED SORGHUM (15) 1997  CHINA   YIMOU, ZHANG  £19.99

 An award-winning Chinese melodrama, marking the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed director Zhang Yimou, which follows the fortunes of a young girl sold into marriage with a leprosy-ridden brandy-maker.

SHE, A CHINESE (18) 2009 CHINA    GUO,  XIAOLU  MANDARIN    £15.99

    Drama following a young woman on a soul-searching journey from native village in China. Longing for escape and adventure  to London, where a heady combination of alienation and freedom draw her into a new kind of entrapment as she continues her search for a place to belong.

WOMEN FROM THE LAKE OF SCENTED SOULS (TBA)  1993 CHINA  FEI XIE. XIANG £14.99

  A woman finds that money can't buy everything, in this understated drama.

WONG KAR-WAI COLLECTION (15) CHINA   £34.99

 Collection of three cinematic masterpieces from visonary film director Wong Kar-Wai.

 Contains - ASHES OF TIME REDUX, HAPPY TOGETHER and CHUNGKING EXPRESS

NEW JAPANESE RELEASES 2011

5 CENTIMETRES PER SECOND (U) 2007 JAPAN    MAKOTO SHINKAI    £17.99

    Japanese anime feature, told in three segments, about the unrequited love between two school friends.  BLU RAY - £19.99

AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON (U) 1962 JAPAN        OZU, YASUJIRÔ    £19.99

    Drama following the tender story of a widower with a young daughter.

CONFESSIONS OF A DOG    (15) 2006 JAPAN    TAKAHASHI, GEN    £14.99

    Political crime drama delineating set  within the Japanese police force.

DEPARTURES (12 JAPAN 2008         TAKITA, YOJIRO        £17.99

    Japanese comedy drama starring Masahiro Motoki as Daigo Kobayashi, a professional cellist who loses his job when his orchestra disbands.  

BLU RAY - £24.99

EARLY KUROSAWA (12) 1943-7 JAPAN    £39.99

    Contains - Sanshiro Sugata (Sugata Sanshiro), Sanshiro Sugata, Part Two (Zoku Sugata Sanshiro), The Most Beautiful (Ichiban utsukushiku), Who Step on the Tiger’s Tail (Tora no o wo fumu otokotachi), No Regrets For Our Youth (Waga seishun ni kuinashi), One Wonderful Sunday (Subarashiki nichiyobi).

EARLY SUMMER (BAKUSHÛ) (U) 1951 JAPAN    OZU, YASUJIRO     £19.99

    When family, friends and colleagues pressure Noriko to marry they provoke a  surprising decision with  wide-reaching consequences.Also includes What Did the Lady Forget?, Ozu's pre-war comic classic.  2 disc combo pack with DVD & Blu-ray

EQUINOX FLOWER (U) 1958 JAPAN    OZU,  YASUJIRO        £19.99

    Japanese comedy drama. 2 disc combo pack with DVD & Blu-ray

FIREFLY DREAMS (15) JAPAN   £17.99

Naomi a teenagers who spends more time thinking about her possessions than the people in her life. When her mother leaves the family, however, her father decides to take her to the country, to work in her aunt and uncle's restaurant.

GETTING ANY? (15) 1995 JAPAN KITANO, TAKESHI £19.99

 Hilariously surreal farce follows the exploits of Asao, a guy who is desperate for a girl and comes up with one crazed scheme after another in the hope of achieving his goal.

GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME (12 ) 2006 JAPAN HOSODA, MAMORU £17.99

 Animated film in which a 17-year-old girl has the ability to leap backwards through time.

GOOD MORNING (U) 1959 JAPAN    OZU,  YASUJIRO        £19.99

    Comedy set in a suburban community in the 1950s two brothers, Minoru and Isamu, are frustrated and disappointed when their parents will not buy them a television  2 disc combo pack with DVD & Blu-ray

HOUSE (MASTERS OF CINEMA) (15)   JAPAN 1977  OBAYASHI, NOBUHIKO £17.99

 This deranged fairy tale is startling debut feature by Nobuhiko Obayashi.

INSTANT SWAMP (12) JAPAN 2009   MIKI, SATOSHI     £14.99   

    Young woman sets out to retrieve some lost possessions, a quest which reacquaints her with her estranged  father, now a hippie working at a junk shop.

KAKERA - A PIECE OF OUR LIFE (15) JAPAN 2009  ANDO, MOMOKO   £14.99   

    Momoko Ando's debut film is a modern coming-of-age drama based on the manga series 'Love Vibes' by Erika Sakurazawa.

KAMIKAZE GIRLS (12) 2004 JAPAN  NAKASHIMA, TETSUYA  £14.99

 Charming, unique, and very funny film based on the hit Japanese novel Shimotsuma Story  by Novala Takemoto.

KITARO (PG) 2007 JAPAN MOTOKI, KATSUHIDE £17.99

 Live action adaptation of the manga series by Shigeru Mizuki.

KIDS RETURN (15) 1996 JAPAN KITANO, TAKESHI £19.99

   Two trouble-making, teenage bullies drop-out of school to try and become successful in the real world. One becomes a small-time boxer and the other joins the Yakuza gang.

KUROSAWA SAMURAI COLLECTION (12) JAPAN        £39.99

    Features - SEVEN SAMURAI (1954), THRONE OF BLOOD (1957), THE HIDDEN

FORTRESS (1958),  YOJIMBO (1961), SANJURO (1962)

LATE MIZOGUCHI - EIGHT FILMS 1951-1956 (12)  £48.99

    A collection of eight films from the last decade in the career of celebrated Japanese auteur Kenji Mizoguchi. 'Oyu-Sama (Miss Oyu)' (1951), 'Ugetsu Monogatari' (1953), . 'Gion Bayashi (A Geisha)' (1953), 'Sansho Dayu (Sansho the Bailiff)' (1954), 'Uwasa No Onna (The Woman in the Rumour)' (1954), 'Chikamatsu Monogatari ('The Crucified Lovers)' (1954), . 'Yokihi' (1955) and  'Akasen Chitai (Street of Shame)' (1956).

LATE SRING (BAKUSHÛ)    (U) 1949 JAPAN  OZU,  YASUJIRO    £19.99

    Late Spring is a tender meditation on family politics, sacrifice and the status quo., Also includes The  Only Son,  a powerful tale of sacrifice and hope. 2 disc combo pack with DVD & Blu-ray

LOVE EXPOSURE (18)  2008 JAPAN SONO, SION  £14.99

 Black-comedy drama which captures a year in the life of a 17

MEMORIES OF MATSUKO (15) 2006  JAPAN   NAKASHIMA, TETSUYA   £14.99

 When the body of a female tramp is found in the park, her nephew is called upon to clean out her abandoned  apartment. In doing so, he unwittingly embarks upon a surprising journey through the extraordinary life of his aunt.

OCEAN WAVES (PG)  1993 JAPAN MOCHIZUKI,TOMOMI  £19.99

 Taku is travelling to his hometown for his high school reunion. During the trip, he recalls the memories of the days in high school.

PONYO (U) JAPAN 2008 MIYAZAKI,  HAYAO    £17.99

    Animated adventure by the Japanese anime studio Studio Ghibli, loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen's story.

PROFOUND DESIRES OF THE GODS (MASTERS OF CINEMA) (TBA) JAPAN 1968 IMAMURA, SHOHEI  BLU RAY ONLY £22.99

    Presenting a vast chronicle of life on the remote Kurage Island, the film centres on the disgraced, superstitious, interbred Futori family and the Tokyo engineer sent to supervise the creation of a new well — an encounter which leads to both conflict and complicity in strange and powerful ways.

THE PROMISE (15) 2005 JAPAN  KAIGE, CHEN  £17.99

 A sweeping martial arts epic.

SAKURAN (15) 2006 JAPAN NINAGAWA, MIKA   £17.99

 A rebellious young woman whose mother sells her to a brothel.

SEA IS WATCHING (15) 2001 JAPAN KUMAI, KEN £15.99

 Based on a screenplay by the late filmmaking legend Akira Kurosawa, the film  follows the lives of women residing and working at a brothel in Edo-era Japan.

SHOGUN'S SAMURAI (15) 1976  JAPAN FUKASAKU, KINJI £7.99

 Prequel to a popular Japanese television series.

SONATINE (18) 1990  JAPAN  KITANO, TAKESHI    £19.99

 Ruthless gangsters take refuge by a remote beach in this slow, poignant and violent film.

SILENCE (15) 1971 JAPAN TANBA, TETSURO £17.99

 Adapted from the novel by Shusaku Endothe, the film  follows the trials and tribulations of two Portuguese priests, as they arrive in Japan to re-establish the Christian  church.

STILL WALKING (U) 2008 JAPAN KOREEDA, HIROKAZU    £15.99   

    Japanese family drama adapted by Hirokazu Koreeda from his own novel

TOKYO! (15) 2008 JAPAN     £19.99

 Three renowned filmmakers--Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-Ho--each direct an imaginative featurette about the city.

TOKYO SONATA (12) 2008   JAPAN KUROSAWA,  KIYOSHI     £19.99

 A Japanese businessman, husband, and father of two, who unexpectedly loses his job. Unable to break the news to his devoted wife, he dresses up every morning and pretends to go to work, instead wasting the days away with a former classmate who is also unemployed.

TOKYO STORY (U) 1953 JAPAN  OZU,  YASUJIRO    £19.99

A beautifully nuanced exploration of filial duty, expectation and regret. From the simple tale of an

elderly husband and wife’s visit to Tokyo to see their grown-up children.  Also includes, Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family.   2 disc combo pack with DVD & Blu-ray

VIOLENT COP (18) 1989    JAPAN   KITANO, TAKESHI    £19.99 

 Rogue cop dispenses his own justice.

NEW RUSSIAN/EASTERN EUROPEAN RELEASES 2011

ADELHEID  (15) CZECH 1970  FRANTIŠEK VLÁCIL        £12.99

     An emotional tale of two lovers trapped in the march of history.

ANDREI TARKOVSKY COLLECTION (15)  RUSSIA   £59.99

    Complete collection of directed works by the acclaimed Russian film maker -  Ivan's Childhood, Andrei Rublev, Sacrifice, Nostalgia, Solaris  and The Mirror.

ARSENAL (PG) 1929  RUSSIA    DOVZHENKO, ALEKSANDR        £12.99

    Silent war drama about a soldier who  makes his way back home to Kiev. Here he  and his fellow Bolshevik soldiers

revolt against the authorities and end up at a munitions base, preparing to fight for their city against the approaching

nationalist White Army.

BOOGIE (15) 2008 ROMANIA  MUNTEAN, RADU £14.99

  Comedy drama about Bogdan 'Boogie' Ciocazanu, who finds himself caught between family obligations and the temptation of a night out with the boys.

CHEKHOV COMEDY SHORTS (PG) 2010        £12.99

  Four one-act comic plays based on the works of Anton Chekhov. Screened by Sky Arts to coincide with the 150th

anniversary of Chekhov's birth, the plays feature the talent of comic actors including Steve Coogan, Julia Davis, J

ulian Barratt, Sheridan Smith, Mathew Horne, Philip Jackson, Mackenzie Crook and Johnny Vegas. Plays are: 'The Proposal',

'The Dangers of Tobacco', 'The Bear' and 'A Reluctant Tragic Hero'

THE DAWNS HERE ARE QUIET (12) 1972 RUSSIA     ROSTOTSKY, STANISLAV £19.99

    Oscar-nominated drama set during World War Two, based on the book by Boris Vasilyev.

DIAMONDS OF THE NIGHT (12) 1964 CZECHOSLOVAKIA     NEMEC, JAN  £12.99   

    Jan Nemec, enfant terrible of the Czech New Wave, directs this starkly surrealist drama telling the brutal story of two Jewish boys who escape from a train transporting them from one Nazi death camp to another.

DIARY FOR MY CHILDREN (15) 1984 HUNGARY MESZAROS, MARTA £13.99

 Orphaned teenager Juli returns to Budapest after World War II. Unfortunately hopes of happiness in her homeland are gradually eroded by the strictures of a disciplinarian society.

EARTH (PG) 1930 RUSSIA DOVZHENKO, ALEXANDER £12.99

    One of the last silent classics commissioned to promote the collectivisation of the Soviet rural economy, but its story of rural prosperity through technical progress takes a back seat to the incredible images that fill the screen in this great film poem, which is as much a paean to a pagan past as a depiction of the march of progress

EISENSTEIN COLLECTION  VOLUME 1 (15)  RUSSIA 1925-7      £59.99 

    Features Strike, Battleship Potemkin and October.

EISENSTEIN COLLECTION: VOLUME 2 (PG)  RUSSIA 1937-58  EISENSTEIN, SERGEI  £59.99

     A second collection of films by Russian filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein. 'Bezhin Meadow' (1937) , . 'Alexander Nevsky' (1938),  'Ivan the Terrible Part I' (1944) and 'Ivan the Terrible Part II: The Boyars' Plot (1958).

FIREMAN'S BALL (PG) 1967 CZECH FORMAN, MILOS £15.99

 Forman's allegorical comedy about bureaucracy was his last Czech film before he left for America.

FRANTISEK VLACIL COLLECTION (15)   CZECHOSLOVAKIA  FRANTISEK VLACIL    £24.99

    Three films by Czech master director Frantisek Vlacil. ‘Marketa Lazarova’ (1967),  ‘The Valley of the Bees’ (1968)

and ‘Adelheid’ (1970).   

HUNGARIAN MASTERS BOX SET (3 FILMS) (15)         £24.99   

     Features - Love / My Way Home / Diary of My Children.

KATALIN VARGA (15) ROMANIA  2009  STRICKLAND, PETER  £15.99

 The directorial debut of British filmmaker Peter Strickland, this Romanian-language drama is based on a traditional Transylvanian ballad.

KATYN (15) 2007 POLAND WAJDA, ANDRZEJ £19.99

 Bleak portrayal of the massacre of Polish officers, intellectuals and professionals carried out by Soviet troops in Katyn forest at the outset of World War Two.

KING LEAR       1971   RUSSIA     KOZINTSEV, GRIGORIO £19.99

  Possibly one of the greatest screen adaptation of Shakespeare.

LARKS ON A STRING (15) 1990 CZECHOSLOVAKIA        MENZEL,  JIRI        £15.99

    Comedy drama set in a labour camp in 1950s Communist-run Prague. The film tells the stories of the various characters interned in the labour camp-cum-scrapyard, who have been deemed counter-revolutionary and 'bourgeois' by the Czech government and are now forced to spend their days sorting out piles of scrap metal for the purposes of 're-education'.

MORGIANA (15)  1972 CZECHOSLOVAKIA  HERZ,  JURAJ        £12.99

    Extravagantly hallucinatory Gothic horror story is often described as the last film of the Czech New Wave. Based on a short story by Aleksandr Grin.

NEWSMAKERS (18) RUSSIA 2009  BANKE, ANDERS    £17.99

    Following a shoot-out with a powerful armed gang, the Moscow police force attempts to restore its damaged reputation by re-editing the footage of their clash with the criminals and broadcasting it to the entire nation in the form of a live reality show. BLU RAY £24.99

PARADOX SOLDIERS (TBA) 2010 RUSSIA    OLEG POGODIN, O/VORONKOV, D    £15.99

    Russian sci-fi war drama sequel. During a recreation of one of World War II's bloodiest battles, a group of young men suddenly find themselves transported back in time to the very real horrors of the Russian front.

REBELLION: THE LITVINENKO CASE (E) 2007 RUSSIA        NEKRASOV,  ANDREI  £15.99

    Documentary looking at the events leading up the death of Alexander Litvinenko, the Russian ex-spy who passed away under suspicious circumstances in 2006.

A ROOM AND A HALF (12) 2009 RUSSIA ANDREY KHRZHANOVSKIY    £15.99

    Semi-fictionalised account of the childhood and early life of Russian poet and Nobel Laureate in Literature, Joseph Brodsky

TREASURE ISLAND (PG)  1971 RUSSIA  FRIDMAN,YEVGHENY  £12.99

 Russian version of the Robert Louis Stevenson adventure story.

TULPAN (12) 2008 KAZAKHSTAN DVORTSEVOY, SERGEI  KAZAKH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES  £15.99   

    First feature from award winning director Segei Dvortsevoy is an astonishing ethnographic drama-cum-wildlife movie.

ZVENIGORA  (PG) 1928  RUSSIA    DOVZHENKO, ALEKSANDR        £12.99

    Silent fantasy drama in which an elderly man tells his grandson about the legend of the Scythian treasure. Believing

the tales to be true, the boy searches for the treasure throughout the remainder of his life. Building on this theme of folklore, the film also deals with historical facts, covering industrialisation and the Ukranian Steppe, as well as criticising the European bourgeoisie.

SCANDINAVIAN FILMS ON DVD- NEW RELEASES  2011

A SWEDISH LOVE STORY (15) 1970 SWEDEN    ANDERSSON, ROY        £15.99

    The debut feature of Swedish director Roy Andersson, this deceptively simple romantic drama tells the story of the relationship that develops between two Stockholm teenagers.           

FROSTBITE (15) 2006 SWEDEN        BANKE, ANDERS        £19.99

    Swedish vampire comedy horror set in Lapland.

GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO (18) 2010        SWEDEN   OPLEV,  NIELS ARDEN £19.99

    Swedish thriller based on the bestseller by Stieg Larsson. In 1966, 16-year old Harriet disappeared without a trace and 40 years later a journalist sets out to find out what  happened to her.   BLU RAY £23.99

THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE (15) 2009    SWEDEN    ALFREDSON,  DANIEL £17.99

    This Swedish mystery thriller marks the second installment in the trilogy of films based on the bestselling 'Millennium' novels by Stieg Larsson.       BLU-RAY £19.99

THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST (15) 2010 SWEDEN  ALFREDSON, D £17.99

    Third and final part of the Swedish thriller trilogy based on the best-selling 'Millennium Trilogy' novels by Steig Larsson. BLU-RAY £19.99

JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY (18) 2007 DANISH BORNEDAL, OLE £14.99

    Identity-switch thriller.

INVOLUNTARY (18) 2008 SWEDEN    OSTLUND, RUBEN        £15.99

    Swedish comedy drama exploring the nature of group behaviour and peer pressure through various intertwining storylines.

THE KILLING (18) 2007 DENMARK            £59.99

      Hit Danish crime series in 20 episodes which had a large following on BBC 4.

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN (15) 2008  SWEDEN   ALFREDSON,  TOMAS £17.99

 Swedish romantic horror film based on the novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist. BLU RAY £24.99

MAMMOTH (15) 2009 SWEDEN        MOODYSSON, LUKAS    £17.99

    Successful couple Leo (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Ellen (Michelle Williams) lead busy lives and have little time to spend with their young daughter, Jackie (Sophie Nyweide), who is cared for by her Filipino nanny, Gloria (Marife Necesito). When Leo

goes to Thailand to do a business deal, Ellen becomes envious of Gloria because of her closeness to her Jackie.

MORKE (15) 2005  DENMARK JOHANSEN, JANNIK  £15.99

 Psychological thriller about a brother's search for the truth behind his sister's death.

PRODUCING ADULTS (18) 2004 FINLAND    SALMENPERA, ALEKSI    £14.99

    Longtime have reached an impasse in their relationship. One wants to start a family, but the other is worried that fatherhood will get in the way of his career as a professional speed skater.

SONGS FROM THE SECOND FLOOR (15) 2002 SWEDEN     ANDERSSON, ROY    £15.99

    Andersson's deadpan vision of a society coming apart at the seams has been compared to 'Twin Peaks' and Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil'.and won the Special Jury Prize-winner at Cannes in 2000.

WALLANDER: COLLECTED FILMS 1-7(15) 2005 SWEDEN    £49.99

    Contains the  opening seven 90 minute episodes of the acclaimed Swedish crime drama series based on the novels by Henning Mankel.

      

 

NEW INDIAN RELEASES 2011

A FLAT (15) 2010 INDIA        MADHUKAR,  HEMANT    IN HINDI    £13.99

    Bollywood supernatural thriller.

AAKROSH (15) 2010 INDIA    PRIYADARSHAN        IN HINDI    £13.99   

  Bollywood action thriller from director Priyadarshan. Three friends have reportedly gone missing in Jhaanjhar, a small

village in New Dehli. CBI officers Sidhant Chaturvedi (Akshaye Khanna) and Pratap Kumar (Ajay Devgn) are sent to

investigate the disappearances but the local authorities are corrupt and willing to do anything to keep the truth hidden

PEEPLI [LIVE] (15)   2010 INDIA    HINDI  RIZVI A/FAROOQUI, F    £15.99

    Anusha Rizvi's debut feature is a satirical political drama portraying the tragicomic plight of two poor

farmers in an Indian village.

THREE IDIOTS (12) 2009    INDIA   HINDI      RAJKUMAR HIRANI    £15.99

    Bollywood comedy. When two former college friends Farhan (Madhavan) and Raju (Sharman) set out on a journey

to track down their lost friend, the free-spirited Rancho (Aamir), their college memories unfold in flashback as they

journey into the mountains having all kinds of present-day mishaps and adventures along the way.

 

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