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The story of family grief and bereavement. Psychiatrist Giovanni (Nanni Moretti) lives happily with his family in a small Italian coastal town.

One Sunday he is due to spend time with his son Andrea (Giuseppe Sanfelice), when he receives an anguished call from Oscar (Silvio Orlando), one of his patients, and feels he must go and see him instead; however later that afternoon Andrea accidentally drowns in a diving accident. Over the following weeks, Giovanni, his wife Paola (Laura Morante), and daughter Irene (Jasmine Trinca), remain shell-shocked with grief; with Giovanni suspending his practice, and relations between himself and Paola becoming increasingly difficult. When a letter then arrives from a girl who Andrea had met the previous summer, who none of the family knew anything about, they all become curious to learn more about this person who meant so much to their departed son and brother.

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Luchino Visconti's masterpiece, The Leopard, is now available on DVD for the first time.

Featuring the complete and uncut version of the film, with fully restored picture and sound, this stunning high definition digital transfer from the film's original 70mm negative materials, overseen by the film's director of photography Giuseppe Rotunno, is presented here in its original widescreen aspect ratio..

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Millionairess Frances Hannon is brutally kidnapped in broad daylight by the sinister "Harry" (Adrien Brody). Hours later a ransom video is delivered showing a hysterical Frances forced at gun point into a coffin and buried alive.

She has approximately 24 hours of oxygen and Harry's price for revealing her location is one million dollars. Detective Madeline Foster (Maura Tierney) is assigned to oversee the exchange. But when Harry meets Madeline, he immediately recognises a kindred spirit. In her darker side he sees a reflection of himself, and refuses to communicate with anyone but her. Pressured by time, and with the FBI itching to take over the case, Madeline must enter Harry's twisted world if she is to have any hope of finding Frances...

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Daniel Beckett (Justin Theroux) is the black sheep son of wealthy art dealer Jack Beckett. He and his girlfriend, Suzanne (Alyssa Milano), are on their way to Thanksgiving dinner at his parents' estate, "their own little Utopia". When they arrive Daniel and Suzanne find his family waiting eagerly.

At dinner Suzanne learns about the family history. Daniel explains how his deceased older brother, John, was forced to join the family business and their father crushed his independent, artistic spirit. 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 to his private haven when...screams and gunfire erupt from above. A band of murderous art thieves, led by viscous art expert Jim (Ice T), have entered the house. They move past priceless pieces of art as they systematically kill Daniel's family. Knowing a premature move means certain death, Daniel and Suzanne are forced to hide and pray for survival. When the murderers discover the basement, Daniel and Suzanne decide to take the offensive and fight back. They find themselves playing a spine-tingling game of cat and mouse...one by one the killers fall prey to Daniel and Suzanne. In a twist that proves blood isn't thicker than water, "Below Utopia", explodes into a world of intimate deceit and psychological instability. The riveting conclusion paints a portrait of a family whose ties not only bind them together, hut strangle them to death.

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In an unknown country in an unknown war, a young soldier has deserted the army in fear of his life and his sanity. Disguised in strange face paint and women's clothes, he is eventually taken in by a band of travelling gypsies.

Due to his strange attire they believe he is The Rawney, a strange, mad and magical old woman of legend who can perform magic, control animals and bring good luck. But strange forces are conspiring and it will take more than faith to survive them.

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Something is wrong at the Riley's. Married for nearly 30 years, Doug and Lois have grown distant after losing their daughter eight years ago. Lois refuses to leave the house while Doug tries to stay away, finding their home depressing.

Looking to get away, Doug goes on a business trip to New Orleans. There he meets Mallory (Kristen Stewart), a desperate teenage runaway. Despite her unsettling demeanour he realizes she is in desperate need of paternal guidance, something long missing from his life. The opportunity to care and protect brings new meaning to Doug's empty life. He decides to take a drastic step, sells his business and stays in New Orleans to give Mallory the help she needs. But will Doug really be able to leave his old life behind and find fulfilment in New Orleans?

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The Good Thief tells of compulsive gambler Bob Montagnet (Nick Nolte) as he plans the heist of his life - a priceless collection of art from the world-class Casino Riviera in Monte Carlo.

Now Bob must round up a crew of old cons and evade his police chief nemesis (Tcheky Karyo) to pull off that elusive 'last job'.

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In Melville's self-confessed 'love letter to Paris', the world-weary hero weaves his way through a stylised Parisian underworld, a failed gambler wearing a trench coat and a gentleman's code of honor.

His pursuit of the ultimate heist takes him on a journey from the Sacre Coeur to Montmartre and Pigalle. Encountering betrayal, secrets and a dangerously seductive young girl, Bob Le Flambeur seeks to carry out his one final crime, despite warnings from L'inspecteur, his loyal friend yet adversary.

Syndromes and a Century offers two separate stories or fragments set in hospitals, one rural and possibly in the past, one urban and possibly in the future. Or perhaps both are the same, at different periods, and the second set of characters reincarnations of the first.

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Gormleigh-on-Sea is the sort of typical, boring English seaside resort where the landladies lock away the jam at 5 o'clock and there's little do except carve your initials on the bus shelters.

Then, deck-chair attendant Jim has a brain-wave - persuading the Mayor (Bryan Pringle) to host a film festival and import a French movie siren. It's not long before the mayors of Gormleigh's rival towns look on with jealous eyes and scheming minds…

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With stunning performances from Timothy Spall, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen and Marion Bailey this film also gave several of a new generation of British actors their first lead roles on the big screen including: Sally Hawkins, James Corden and Daniel Mays.

Following different tales of melancholy, alcoholism, a violent abusive boyfriend and a frustrated unemployed youth - there seems to be no hope for a brighter future and no chance of escape yet glimmers of joy and humour still prevail. An authentic and deeply enjoyable Mike Leigh classic.

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When the Dragon's Claw gang from Taiwan attempts a take-over of the dope, extortion and gay prostitution rackets run by the ruling Japanese Yakuza, a lone cop predicts carnage. In a crusade against the gangs, the cop single-handedly attempts to stem the growing tide of violence.

But, when he discovers that his younger brother is in fact the lover of one of the gang-leaders, chaos ensues...

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Garlanded with awards, Apichatpong's visionary film exists in dual realms, exploring connected themes of love and desire in a radically different way. A fractured love story is interrupted by a feverish night-time odyssey into the heart of the jungle where shape-shifting spirits and tigers abound.

The conscious and the subconscious, the modern and the ancient, reality and myth; all become magically entwined in this hypnotic, mysterious drama.

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In Claude Chabrol's superior thriller Ludivine Sagnier plays an independent ambitious TV weather girl torn between her love of a distinguished author several decades her senior (Francois Berleand) and the attentions of a headstrong, potentially unstable young suitor (Benolt Magimel).

An unspoken past between the two men heightens tensions, and though she's initially certain of her love for one of them, the see-saw demands and whims of both men keep confusing—and darkening-matters. Before long she's encountering emotional and societal forces well beyond her control, inexorably leading to a shocking clash of violence and passion.

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Innovative and enigmatic, Blissfully Yours is a languid celebration of the pleasures of the moment. In Apichatpong's heady, sensual and playful film, a leisurely road trip and a picnic in the jungle give way to uninhibited emotion and eroticism.

A meditation on happiness, superstition, politics and sexuality, nothing really happens except that it happens with a purpose. Blissfully Yours confirms the reputation of one of the most distinctive new filmmakers in world cinema.