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EUROPE & ASIA FILMS

EUROPE & ASIA FILMS


GASP

By Zheng Zhong

Texas businessman FRANK MICHALSKY needs a clean break from his past, from America, from himself. Divorced, middle-aged and on the brink of losing his estranged daughter HANNA to drug addiction, Frank's vision of a better future is a new home on an island off the south of Spain, where he can reconnect to his daughter and heal what's left of his family. Frank plans to fund this new future by jettisoning the bankruptcy-bound cheese factory he inherited after his father's suicide. In what may be the most immoral act of his life, he offers the company for cash to the first gullible sucker to come along, which leads him to Beijing. That gullible investor is LI QIANG (GE YOU), who, unbeknownst to Frank, is already besieged by creditors, suicidal depression, A dysfunctional relationship with his family, and the conviction that he is dying from a brain tumor.

Item no.: BB11250023
Format: DVD (English, Mandarin, With English Subtitle)
Duration: 90 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 239.00

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MOST POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF FRANCE, THE: THE EIFFEL TOWER

By Jacques Vichet

The Eiffel Tower has greeted since its creation nearly 250 million people, becoming the first visited paid monument in the world with over 7 million tourists a year. It was built by Gustave Eiffel for the Universal Exhibition of 1889. For over forty years, it remained the tallest in the world. Symbol of Paris and France, it is unavoidable and we meet all those who work and who watch over it with admiring eyes. Versailles Palace is more than a monument. It has been built gradually, according to the wishes of all the kings of France, from mid seventeenth century until the Revolution of 1789. A model for all of Europe, both for its beauty and its history, it is a reflection of classical art including architecture and sculpture. It will give birth to the famous "French gardens" with its labyrinths. Stretched out on 800 hectares, the area of Versailles was the heart and home of the French monarchy in the seventeenth and eighteenth century. Heritage and history merge. Today, Versailles is still home to numerous cultural events.

Item no.: PN11250029
Format: DVD (English, French, Color)
Duration: 52 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 239.00

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MOST POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF FRANCE, THE: THE MONT ST-MICHEL AND NOTRE DAME

By Jacques Vichet

The Mont St-Michel in Normandy is a place of pilgrimage and tourism. The building was unique relics of medieval art, connecting the sky to land, nature to man. It includes its granite island and its bay. The very high tides in the region (more than ten meters) allow much of the bay to be discovered at low tide. The essential part of the rock is covered by the footprint of the abbey of Mont St-Michel and his area. It has become a world famous place for both its spiritual and symbolic size and its historic and architectural interest.

Item no.: DY11250030
Format: DVD (English, French, Color)
Duration: 52 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 239.00

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MOST POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF FRANCE, THE: VERSAILLES PALACE - THE CHATEAU AND THE GARDENS

By Jacques Vichet

The Chateau of Versailles remains forever the emblematic symbol of Louis XIV, whose reign lasted for almost half a century. It is recognised as one of the most beautiful works of art of the 17th century France. In the beginning it was the site of a modest chateau built by Louis XIII as a hunting lodge. The site was then chosen by Louis XIV for the construction of the palace which stands there to this day, a symbol of royal absolutism and the incarnation of Classical French art. In the 1670s, Louis XIV built the Grand Apartments of the King and Queen, a luxurious, stately reception area. The most symbolic of the rooms is no doubt the Hall of Mirrors, designed by Mansart. During the next century, under the reign of Louis XV, the Chapel and the Opera were completed. The Chateau ceased to function as the seat of official power in 1789 with the French Revolution. The gardens at Versailles initiated the tradition of the typical ? French garden, ? complete with labyrinths, fountains and other decorative statements. The Orangery at the Chateau of Versailles was designed by Jules Hardouin-Mansart in the 17th century. Built between 1684 and 1686, before construction had even started on the Chateau itself, the Orangery is situated beneath the ( Parterre du Midi). It is made up of a central gallery of 155 metres in length, with a south-facing facade.

Item no.: VC11250031
Format: DVD (English, French, Color)
Duration: 52 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 239.00

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MOST POPULAR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS OF FRANCE, THE: VERSAILLES PALACE - THE GRAND TRIANON, THE PETIT TRIANON AND MARIE - ANTOINETTE'S ESTATE

By Jacques Vichet

The Grand Trianon was designed by Jules Hardouin Mansart in 1687, on the site of the - Porcelain Trianon -, which had been constructed in 1670 under the orders of Louis XIV. He wanted to construct a private residence, where he could escape from the pomp and show of the court, and enjoy time with his mistress Mme de Montespan. Built in pink marble, whence the nick-name - the Marble Trianon -, the Grand Trianon is undoubtedly the most refined group of buildings within the Versailles Estate. The Petit Trianon was built under Louis XV, close to the Grand Trianon, in compliance with the demands of his favourite mistress: Madame de Pompadour. However, Madame de Pompadour, for whom the chateau was built, died on the 15th April 1764, without ever having seen the completed work. It was with his new favourite, Madame du Barry, that Louis XV inaugurated the Petit Trianon. Marie-Antoinette, the wife of Louis XVI, liked to go to this chateau, which had been given to her by the King, to seek out a more simple lifestyle, away from the formality of Versailles. The Queen's Hamlet, not far away, was made up of a dozen farm buildings, in the traditional Norman style. The hamlet gives us a glimpse of Marie Antoinette's true character. The Queen enjoyed coming here to milk the cows and goats, which were meticulously cared for.

Item no.: EK11250032
Format: DVD (English, French, Color)
Duration: 52 minutes
Copyright: 2010
Price: USD 239.00

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CASTRO 50 YEARS OF REVOLUTION THE RESULTS

By Jacques Viche

Nobody can escape death. - not even Fidel Castro, unchanging and main character in Cuba. Fidel Castro: a name like a prophecy for a dictator with an exceptional long life. He was able of the most beautiful patriotic fervour, but also responsible for the exodus of thousands of Cubans. How can we believe that the same man who succeeded to learn thousands of peasants to read and write also killed hundreds of opponents? If he succeeded to have mortality fall down, however he devastated the economy of his country.

On July 31st, 2006, the Cuban television announced his hospitalization and the transfer of power to his brother Raul Castro.

Since this announcement, the eternal fighter Fidel Castro only made some brief public talks. It is a shock for Cuban people whose fears, skillfully brainstormed by propaganda, cover a possible U.S. invasion and a mass return of exiles, which would be a disaster, as the country is still unstable. On December 17, 2007 in a letter read on Cuban television, Fidel Castro said he would retire.

Item no.: AC11250002
Format: DVD (English, French, Color, With English Subtitle)
Duration: 52 minutes
Copyright: 2009
Price: USD 319.00

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ILLUSIONS (DES ILLUSIONS)

By Etienne FAURE

A famous young writer decides, in order to write his new novel, to go to a Mediterranean island, symbol of the hippie movement of the sixties and the subject of his future novel. His search for a world that virtually no longer exists leads him to encounter various people, among whom a compelling and enigmatic young woman who offers to help him in his research. She becomes the inspiration for his novel. But, as he slowly falls in love with her, she starts to become increasingly unreachable and mysterious, before disappearing altogether...

Item no.: PK11250028
Format: DVD (French, With Chinese, English Subtitle)
Duration: 102 minutes
Copyright: 2009
Price: USD 239.00

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PAINTERS AND PROVENCE (LES PEINTRES ET LA PROVENCE): MATISSE

By Charles de Lartigue

We try to understand why great painters came to live in Provence. Where did they live? How did their way of painting change?

Item no.: HH11250036
Format: DVD (English, French With English Subtitle)
Duration: 26 minutes
Copyright: 2009
Price: USD 99.00

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PAINTERS AND PROVENCE (LES PEINTRES ET LA PROVENCE): PICASSO

By Charles de Lartigue

We try to understand why great painters came to live in Provence. Where did they live? How did their way of painting change?

Item no.: FC11250037
Format: DVD (English, French With English Subtitle)
Duration: 26 minutes
Copyright: 2009
Price: USD 99.00

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PAINTERS AND PROVENCE (LES PEINTRES ET LA PROVENCE): RENOIR

By Charles de Lartigue

We try to understand why great painters came to live in Provence. Where did they live? How did their way of painting change?

Item no.: MH11250038
Format: DVD (English, French With English Subtitle)
Duration: 26 minutes
Copyright: 2009
Price: USD 99.00

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PAINTERS AND PROVENCE (LES PEINTRES ET LA PROVENCE): SEZANNE

By Charles de Lartigue

We try to understand why great painters came to live in Provence. Where did they live? How did their way of painting change?

Item no.: KW11250039
Format: DVD (English, French With English Subtitle)
Duration: 26 minutes
Copyright: 2009
Price: USD 99.00

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PAINTERS AND PROVENCE (LES PEINTRES ET LA PROVENCE): SIGNAC

By Charles de Lartigue

We try to understand why great painters came to live in Provence. Where did they live? How did their way of painting change?

Item no.: LH11250040
Format: DVD (English, French With English Subtitle)
Duration: 26 minutes
Copyright: 2009
Price: USD 99.00

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PAINTERS AND PROVENCE (LES PEINTRES ET LA PROVENCE): VAN GOGH

By Charles de Lartigue

We try to understand why great painters came to live in Provence. Where did they live? How did their way of painting change?

Item no.: VK11250041
Format: DVD (English, French With English Subtitle)
Duration: 26 minutes
Copyright: 2009
Price: USD 99.00

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RETURN TO SHANGALI-LA

By Serge Guoqing Shen

This is a love story about human nature and salvation. The local police station developed a plan for Nungba to feed two small hunting falcons. Snowbound mountain, Nungba and falcons were trapped. Nungba meet dangerous while trying to search for food. For the critical moment, Doctor Maxim and the county clerk's daughter Juner arrived and rescued him. Small falcons have grown up, and fly back to the sky. Nungba has experienced life and death, and slowly has a feeling with the small falcons...

Item no.: YW11250042
Format: DVD (Chinese Mandarin and French, Color, With English Subtitle)
Duration: 110 minutes
Copyright: 2009
Price: USD 189.00

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TOUCH OF GRACE, A

By Jacques Vichet

We followed GLA Hotels Group President, Grace Leo, a Hong-Kongese design and hotel re-positioning expert, throughout an interview within 5 hotels she's restoring, one of which is 4 star hotel Le Parc. As hotel managers, her parents introduced her to this environment at the youngest age, allowing her to develop a taste asserted for a certain lifestyle and hosting, which enriched by cosmopolitan experience, are now the signature of GLA Hotels. She walks us in the luxurious shops where she comes to pick up what will be the new decoration of these hotels, but also leads us to her project meetings, at her favourite antique dealer in London, in design showrooms, or to the flea market at Porte de St Ouen. Grace's "TOUCH" is about making hotels design timeless and inspired by the 60s, years of preference for this "hotel maker", and very fashionable nowadays.

Item no.: NH11250044
Format: DVD (English, French, Color, With English Subtitle)
Duration: 52 minutes
Copyright: 2009
Price: USD 319.00

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DISASTER WILL FOLLOW US, THE

By Jacques Vichet

When Bush was President, the United States refused to sign the Kyoto protocol. However a number of states, like Schwarzenegger's California began to apply measures for environmental protection. Barack Obama has expressed his desire to act against the climate warming.

This shocking film gathers the main scientists of the whole world to present a drastic conclusion of the catastrophic impact of our consumer society upon the climate for the following years.

We know the warming will be a few degrees more but we do not understand how it is frightening as millions of people will have to emigrate! And the most important capitals will need a total change of social and economic policy. There will be a strong impact on nature which will have to adapt to these conditions. Our future depends on the way we deal with these issues today but must we be resigned and pessimist?

Item no.: TH11250019
Format: DVD (English, French, Color, With English Subtitle)
Duration: 52 minutes
Copyright: 2008
Price: USD 239.00

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DOWRY

By Hao Ran

Yin Sha is brought up by her grandmother in a fishing village. She thinks she is abandoned by her mother but in fact, her mother has to leave the village because she has married a poor fisherman against her mother's will. Grandma always says a woman won't be happy without worthy dowry. Therefore, Yin Sha's lover Da Long can't have the approval to marry Yin Sha. Instead, Grandma wants Yin Sha to be good to Yang Hui, a business man from town. Yin Sha's mother has come back to village after her husband dies in an accident. Yin Sha forgives her mother. Now that she realizes Yang Hui only comes after her for the antique bed Grandma gives her, she sinks the bed and joins Lao Zai an upright fisherman head, in pursuit of her happiness.

Item no.: MZ11250020
Format: DVD (Chinese Mandarin, Color, With English Subtitles)
Duration: 94minutes
Copyright: 2008
Price: USD 239.00

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FACE OF EL CHE, THE

By Jacques Vichet

The film directed by Steven SODERBERG is revealing two periods of the life of EL CHE GUEVARA: the Cuban war from Sierra Maestra until Havana fall and the fights of the Bolivian war which led to his death sentence. "The faces of EL CHE" is a more complete documentary.

Behind the revolutionary idealist hides a darker character. He will ruin the Cuban economy when he will be President of the Banco Nacionale and Minister of Industry and agricultural reform. A retrospective giving a more nuanced idea of the great Guerillero, who remains today in the world, the single figure embodying the Marxist ideas.

Item no.: GF11250021
Format: DVD (English, French, Color, With English Subtitle)
Duration: 52 minutes
Copyright: 2008
Price: USD 299.00

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NEW WORLD, THE

By Etienne Dhaene

Lucie is 36, and after 5 years with the love of her life, she wants a child. Nothing unusual about that, except that "the love of her life" is named Marion... So, how to find that "little seed" when you're a female couple and you don't want an anonymous donor? How will the family react? How will you deal with what think? How will you find harmony in this "New World" with the child?

A tender, honest, touching comedy, and a reflection on love, friendship, and family.

Awards
  • Lesbisch Schwule Filmtage Hamburg, Allemagne PRIX "EUROLA" du Meilleur Film Europeen du Festival 2008
  • Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, NY: Best Women Feature Winner 2008

    Item no.: SZ11250035
    Format: DVD (French, Color, With English Subtitle)
    Duration: 91 minutes
    Copyright: 2008
    Price: USD 289.00

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    STARS

    By Ming-Chunm HSU

    In January 2007, the TV program MILLION STAR was firstly aired. The show claimed to be the biggest audition-based singing contest in Taiwanese TV history and promised the first-place winner a contract with a record company and one million Taiwan dollars. The contest seemed no different from other talent search competitions on TV; however, it caused an unanticipated sensation. The audience was deeply moved by the sincere sentiments the contestants revealed. As the show played along, this show also brought emotionally estranged families backs together in front the TV, helping them communicate again by offering an entertaining conversation topic. The challengers' background exhibits great diversity and the stories behind them can be seen as an epitome of contemporary Taiwan, which inspires the whole shooting project. Through this film, we will see how Taiwanese young people hang on their dreams in a seemingly hopeless and desperate society.

    Item no.: MH11250043
    Format: DVD (Mandarin, Color, With English Subtitle)
    Duration: 110 minutes
    Copyright: 2008
    Price: USD 319.00

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    CHERRIES

    By Zhang Jia Bei

    Mentally disturbed orphanage Cherry is married to disabled villager Ge Wang under the arrangement of Ge's mother who has adopted Cherry. Cherry likes children. One day, she finds a baby unattended on the road. She decides to adopt the baby girl and name her Hong Hong. But Ge Wang doesn't like the baby and gives her away. Cherry has to knock on every villager's door to find Hong Hong back. Now Hong Hong is going to school. Cherry visits her but makes Hong Hong humiliated by schoolmates. Hong Hong starts to feel uncomfortable about Cherry, until Cherry gets drowned when picking cherries for Hong Hong. Hong Hong finally understands what Cherry has done for her. She returns to serve the village after college.

    Award
  • Best film best actress (Miao Pu) at 2008 Shanghai 17th Film Critics Award

    Item no.: RE11250003
    Format: DVD (Dialect, Chinese Mandarin, Color, With English Subtitle)
    Duration: 100 minutes
    Copyright: 2007
    Price: USD 189.00

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    COMA

    By Mike FIGGIS

    19 filmmakers from ten European countries selected by Mike Figgis for a Masterclass by the European Film Academy come to Slovenia in a challenging mission: to conceive, shoot, complete a 90m feature film in seven days and screen it on the day after in a cinema for the public.

    Note: Only available in China, Hong Kong & Taiwan

    Item no.: SH11250004
    Format: DVD (Color)
    Duration: 90 minutes
    Copyright: 2004
    Price: USD 89.00

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    DAY AT THE BEACH, A

    By Gene Gutowski Roman Polanski

    Set in Denmark, it's essentially a story of a young disabled girl, Winnie (Beatie Edney) and her 'uncle' Bernie (Mark Burns), who takes her out on a rainy morning for that 'day at the beach'. We discover Bernie is both an alcoholic and something of a rogue, not averse to the odd temper tantrum either, although Winnie thinks he's wonderful. Well, she's a child; you tend to overlook deficiencies in others. At the beach (albeit in the pouring rain) becomes nothing more than an excuse for Bernie to drink as much as possible with the money he's been given to keep Winnie amused. As Bernie and Winnie discover the charms of the Danish seaside in the early 70s - taking in cafes, a gift shop (run by Peter Sellers), several bars, the seafront and the inside of a bubble car. As they pass through each place, the film gets ever darker as Bernie's attention shifts away from Winnie and onto his next drink. Playing hide and seek as evening falls, tangled in some old fishing boat netting and just wandering on a dark beach as he finds himself at the bottom of a hole in the sand. No, he's not a classy drunk. A few shades of light and dark are also added by the motley assortment of characters they meet along the way - Sellers of course, plus a ' jobs worth' deckchair attendant, the local gangster, a poet and his wife and the bar and cafe owners. More dark than light in truth, but interesting nonetheless. Which leaves me with a film I can hardly recommend as a 'must watch' but would certainly recommend to hire. It's strange, it's odd and it's dark - but for a rainy afternoon, it's just the thing - if only to remind yourself that your day could be going far, far worse.

    Item no.: MR11250018
    Format: DVD (Color, With English Subtitle)
    Duration: 91 minutes
    Copyright: 1970
    Price: USD 289.00

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    AMAZON FOREVER

    By Jean Pierre DUTILLEUX

    Nicolas is a young adventurer cinematographer. He lands in an Indian village in the heart of the valley of the River Xingu with the intention of filming a documentary about an ancient tribal ritual, the KUARUP. He instantly falls in love with Luacema, Chief Ayupu's daughter. Nicolas and RUBEN, settled in the village, in order to get closer to Luacema, Nicolas participates more and more in the Indians' daily life. After, he becomes aware of the impending threat: deforestation. Apuyu takes him along in his fight against the group which destructs the rainforest. Ayupu realizes that Nicolas' camera can be used as a fierce weapon in their protest. They go to Rio de Janeiro, conscious people of the environment. Nicolas matures and finds in himself the strength. Through, Nicolas discovers a meaning to his own life against the ignorance and carelessness which characterize our world.

    Award
  • Prix Planete de l'European Spiritual Film Festival - Prix du Public Festival de St Jean luz

    Item no.: DK11250001
    Format: DVD (English, French, Color)
    Duration: 91 minutes
    Price: USD 189.00

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    FALLING INTO PARADISE

    By Milos Radovic

    Belgrade, April 1999. Because of the embargo imposed by OTAN, the Serbian capital has been isolated from the rest of the world. American surveillance planes continually circle overhead. Lubi is one of the kings of the black market, he constantly rails against his government, the Americans, his neighbor's dog, and even his sister. He lives with his family in the ruins of a house whose interior strongly resembles army headquarters. On the roof, Dusha has painted an enormous red heart upon which she poses in her bikini for the American pilots, hoping that they'll spot her and carry her off to live in the States. Lubi, driven crazy by her behavior, tries to shoot an AWACS Boeing from the sky with a smuggled Stinger missile. When a parachutist crash-lands on his roof, Dusha instantly falls in love with this man who she calls Bobby. Lubi decides to hold him hostage, but Bobby manages to escapeˇKbefore realizing that fleeing in Belgrade is an impossible mission. Dusha rescues him and cuts a deal with that destroying Milosevic and pocket the reward money promised for his death. In exchange, Bobby will be allowed to go home.

    Item no.: TV11250022
    Format: DVD (English, Serbian, Color, With English Subtitle)
    Duration: 91 minutes
    Price: USD 159.00

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