World Cinema sale

Discounted titles, mostly from the non English-speaking world, all new or "as new" as denoted, and mostly out-of-print...

44 Films.

A Faithful Man (L'homme fidèle) (2018): Romantic farce with a whimsical, French new–wave sensibility directed by and starring Louis Garrel. A dashing journalist finds his life…; DVD ~~$29.98~~ $15 (As New)
Shoplifters (Manbiki kazoku) (2018): Charming, funny and heartbreaking all at once, this drama from the Japanese master of humanism Kore–eda is set in Tokyo and follows a group of…; DVD ~~$25~~ $18.75 (As New)
Perfect Strangers (Perfetti sconosciuti) (2016): A clever comedy of manners for the iphone–era, this Italian award–winner follows a dinner party debacle that unfolds after seven…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95 (As New)
Son of Saul (2015): Masterful, but deeply disturbing glimpse into the horror of Auschwitz seen through the perspective of a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95 (As New)
Tanna (2015): A fact–based "Romeo and Juliet" tale that took place on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu in 1987, this is a splendidly realized and moving…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15 (As New)
Half of a Yellow Sun (2013): A moving, if overly melodramatic rendering of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's novel about the Nigerian Civil War as experienced by two…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $10
May in the Summer (2013): Jordanian set drama of cultural misunderstanding about a successful author returning to her familial hometown Amman in preparation for her impending…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $10
Headhunters (2011): Jo Nesbo's blockbusting crime novel about a corporate headhunter moonlighting as an art thief gets an appropriately energetic treatment, and with its…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15 (2-Pack w/ Jackpot ~ as new)
Life, Above All (2011): Heartrending tale of a headstrong 12–year–old girl who struggles to hold together her broken, AIDS–ridden family in modern day…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95 (As New)
Waltz With Bashir (Vals Im Bashir) (2008): This striking hybrid animation is an audacious attempt to recall, through anecdote, dream, and documentary, the 1982 Israeli–Lebanon war.…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95 (as new)
Winter in Wartime (2008): Sensitively handled account of a thirteen year old boy who joins the Dutch resistance at the tail end of World War II.; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95 (As New)
Caramel (Sukkar banat) (2007): Charming Lebanese soap opera with a social conscience, the latest in an emerging wave of dissenting Middle Eastern dramas divulges the stifled lives…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70 (As New)
Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon) (2007): Justly celebrated adaptation of the autobiography of the late Jean–Dominique Bauby, who enjoyed the high life as editor of Elle magazine before…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15 (as new)
Manufactured Landscapes (2007): Astounding 'environmental' documentary centering on the landscape photography of Edward Burtynsky, whose large–scale images of…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15
Black Book (Zwartboek) (2006): A Jewish singer goes deep undercover for the Dutch resistance in this splashy, larger–than–life WWII yarn set in Nazi–occupied…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15 (As New)
Days of Glory (Indigènes) (2006): Epic Algerian WW2 drama focused on a determined group of Algerian soldiers fighting to defend France with little acknowledgement of their sacrifices…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $10
Paris, Je T'aime (Paris, I Love You) (2006): A prestige line–up of actors and filmmakers converge in this grand anthology of love letters to the city of romance. With each vignette…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15 (Near New)
Ring Finger, The (L'annulaire) (2005): Ravishing to look at, if lacking so much as a storyline, this exquisite erotic fiction features Bond Girl Olga Kurylenko as a gorgeous laboratory…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15 (As New)
2046 (2004): A companion piece of sorts to IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, this has the seasoned stylist dir. Wong Kar–Wai sketch an impressionistic portrait of loss,…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70 (As New)
As it is in Heaven (Så som i himmelen) (2004): A feelgood arthouse hit about a renowned classical music conductor who rediscovers his roots in the far north of Sweden. Acquiring a rundown…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95 (Ex Rental)
I'm Not Scared (Io Non Ho Paura) (2003): Atmospheric thriller from dir. Gabriele Salvatores that deftly conveys a foreboding childhood experience during a long, hot summer in the country,…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70 (as new)
Nicotina (2003): A stylish crime caper set in Mexico City, featuring an array of storylines, all featuring frustrated cigarette addicts, who finally intersect in a…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95 (as new)
Noi Albinoi (Noi the Albino) (2003): Distinctive drama about a 'gifted' 17–year–old who rebels against the limits of life in a remote Icelandic town. Brimming with…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95 (As New)
Eye, The (2002): Almost guaranteed to give you goosebumps, this unnerving Asian horror show follows in the footsteps and spirit of the watershed RING films, though…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15 (As New)
Spanish Apartment, The (L'Auberge Espagnole) (2002): Summery comedy set in a Barcelona apartment, where six international exchange students variously mingle, cavort and fall messily in love. Although…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70 (As New)
Together (He Ni Zaiyiqi) (2002): Touching story of a father and his 13–year–old son, a shy violin prodigy, who scrape up their meagre savings and set off from their…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70 (As New)
Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) (2001): A ‘cause celebre’ of recent film festivals worldwide, this filmed folktale from the ice–bound Innuit communities of northern Canada,…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $15 (Pre-Loved)
Autumn Spring (Babí léto) (2001): Spry Czech comedy of elderly bad manners, concerns an aging prankster (Brodsky) who spends his retirement impersonating people in league with a…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70 (As New)
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary (2001): The astonishing true story of Hitler's private secretary, Traudl Junge, who at the age of 80 comes to terms with working alongside unspeakable evil…; DVD ~~$15~~ $11.25 (as new)
Dinner Game, The (1998): Gourmet–grade French farce from the maestro of the genre – well–packaged, delivered without haste, indeed delicious, if a slightly…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95 (as new)
Kingdom II, The (Riget II) (1997): Lars Von Trier's compulsive TV creation continues into its second series of medical soap opera, supernatural horror and black comedy. Raising the…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70 (as new)
Kama Sutra (1996): The director of SALAAM BOMBAY returns to her native land for this enticing, beautifully photographed tale of love, jealousy and revenge among the…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15 (as new)
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994): Those that attended Ang Lee's WEDDING BANQUET will want to sample his tasty and sensual comedy about the perennial delights of life – sex and…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15 (as new import)
Damage (1992): Jeremy Irons plays a Tory cabinet minister who becomes entangled, (especially physically) with his son's fiancee – a chic,…; DVD ~~$25~~ $18.75 (Thai import)
Cinema Paradiso (1990): Enchanting, achingly sweet film in which young Toto falls into a lifelong adoration of movies at the village theatre and its grumpy old…; DVD $19.95 (Sealed)
Nikita (La Femme Nikita) (1990): A stylish thriller if ever there was one. The director combines the visual ostentation from his THE BIG BLUE with the plot mechanics of a classic…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15 (As New)
Babette's Feast (1987): Oscar–winning and mouth watering delight which tells a wistful, wise tale with a subtle sense of humour. Exiled French housekeeper Stephane…; DVD ~~$25~~ $18.75 (As New)
Last Emperor, The (1987): Grand scale interpretation of the true life of Pu Yi (John Lone), the last emperor of China, who ascended the throne at three years–old to live…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15 (as new)
Police Story (1985): The incomparable Jackie Chan – a mix of Bruce Lee and Buster Keaton – is in prime form here, weaving his brand of sly Asian humour into a series…; DVD ~~$30~~ $22.50 (As New - Plus "Police Story 2")
Le Magnifique (1973): Jean–Paul Belmondo stars in this slapstick spoof of B–movie espionage films and novels, playing a frustrated writer working in this genre…; DVD ~~$20~~ $15 (as new ~ import)
Death in Venice (1971): Dirk Bogarde plays a gay composer whose unspoken obssesion with a young boy detains him in Venice during a cholera epidemic. This soft–focus,…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70 (As New)
Samurai Saga (Aru kengo no shogai) (1959): Feudal Japanese retelling of Rostand's 'Cyrano de Bergerac', with the charismatic Toshiro Mifune as the shogun–poet with a…; DVD ~~$24.95~~ $18.70 (As New)
Nights of Cabiria (1957): Giulietta Masina is marvelous as a waifish prostitute dreaming of a rich, wonderful life but always finding sorrow. Tragicomic masterpiece won an…; DVD ~~$29.95~~ $20
Storm Over Asia (Potomok Chingis-Khana) (1928): An epic of silent Russian cinema to rival Eisenstein, this is set around a young Mongol fur–trapper who is swindled by traders and develops a…; DVD ~~$19.95~~ $14.95 (As New)

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