Big World Pictures celebrates MARIE CURIE: THE COURAGE OF KNOWLEDGE (review)

This biopic of the first female winner of the Nobel Prize (twice) examines her struggles in the aftermath of her husband's death to continue pursuing the use of radium in treating cancer, dealing with the sexism of her colleagues at the Sorbonne and the Academy of Scienes, and the scandalous love affair that threatened her reputation purely based on her gender.

REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

MARIE CURIE: THE COURAGE OF KNOWLEDGE DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• French Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Burnt-in English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Previews 

Big World Pictures treats SCARRED HEARTS (review)

From the director of AFERIM! this loose depiction of the short life of Romanian writer Max Blecher follows his admission to a private clinic to treat tuberculosis requiring him to spend his days in a full body cast where he learns that his fellow patients have found ways to adapt to their situation and live life to its fullest.

REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

SCARRED HEARTS DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.30:1 pillarboxed fullscreen
• Romanian Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Burnt-in English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Previews 

Big World Picture hears FALSE CONFESSIONS (review)

Luc Bondy's final film was this updated production of the Marivaux play filmed during the day while the production was on the stage at night with the same cast in period dress.  A young man contrives his way into a household because he is in love with the lady of the house, but his attempts to trick her into falling in love with him are complicated by meddling relatives and servants as well as misunderstandings and the schemes of others.  Isabelle Huppert, Louis Garrel, and Bulle Ogier star.


REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

FALSE CONFESSIONS DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• French Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 Stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Trailer
• Previews

Big World Pictures births VIKTORIA (review)

Born at the height of communism in Bulgaria and unwanted by her mother, Viktoria is held up as the socialist baby of the decade for being born without a navel (symbolizing her lack of dependence on the past).  Spoiled and praised for her bad behavior, Viktoria finds herself outcast and in search of a new identity when communism crumbles and democracy takes over.  As she grows up in the next decade, she finds herself emotionally torn between her mother's hatred and indifference and her discovery of her own womanhood.

REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

VIKTORIA DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• Bulgarian Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Burnt-in English subtitles
• Trailer
• Previews 

Big World Pictures presents IT'S ALL SO QUIET (review)

Based on the novel by Gerbrand Bakker, IT'S ALL SO QUIET details the lonely existence of Helmer, a middle-aged farmer who dutifully yet resentfully looks after his invalid father and generally shuns contact with the outside world, more so as family friends, neighbors, and regular tradesmen die, retire, or move on with their lives while he is trapped in an emotional stasis. When he hires a young farmhand, long suppressed desires come to the fore,

REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

IT'S ALL SO QUIET DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• Dutch Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Burnt-in English subtitles
• Trailer
• Previews 

Big World Pictures rears THE ALMOST MAN (review)

With a baby on the way, thirty-five year old manchild Henrik has moved in with his girlfriend into a prefab house and started a buttoned down job.  He tries to repress his partying ways but they begin to manifest themselves in unpredictable ways.

REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

THE ALMOST MAN DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• Norwegian Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Burnt-in English subtitles
• Trailer
• Previews

Big World Pictures presents AFERIM! (review)

In this award-winning Romanian period drama, a constable and his son travel across Wallachia in search of a runaway Romany slave.  Meeting with various sections of 1830's Romanian society, the son is exposed to their various prejudices and looks to his father for guidance, but the older man may be too set in his ways to take a stand when it appear that their captive is innocent of his crimes but may be killed anyway by his master.

REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

AFERIM! DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• Romanian/Romany/Turkish Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 stereo
• Optional English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Short film THE TUBE WITH A HAT

Big World Pictures presents REBELS OF THE NEON GOD (Review)

A young man quits school for the bright lights of Taipei and falls in with a small time thief in this HD restoration of Tsai Ming-Liang's 1992 masterpiece.

REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

REBELS OF THE NEON GOD DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• Mandarin Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Burnt-in English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Previews

Big World Pictures tries to STOP THE POUNDING HEART (review)

Growing up in an insular East Texas Christian community on an artisan dairy farm, young Sara is unprepared for the complex and warring emotions she starts to feel when she meets a young rodeo hopeful in this docudrama from Roberto Minervini.

REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

STOP THE POUNDING HEART DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• English Closed Captioning
• Theatrical Trailer
• Previews 

Big World Pictures goes CURLING (review)

Not a Canadian sports film, CURLING is a dark drama from Quebec about a man and his daughter who live in fearful solitude and the events that challenge their attempts to interact with the outside world.

REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

CURLING DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.85:1 widescreen
• French Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Burnt-in English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Big World Pictures Trailers

Big World Pictures tells A TALE OF WINTER (review)

In Eric Rohmer's nineties four seasons quartet entry A TALE OF WINTER, Felice and Charles have a whirlwind holiday romance but lose contact due to a mix-up.  They come back into each others considerably more complicated lives years later and must decide between pursuing a relationship or remaining true to their current partners.

REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 0 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

A TALE OF WINTER DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.66:1 widescreen
• French Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
• Theatrical Trailer
• Big World Pictures Trailers

Big World Pictures presents ONCE UPON A TIME VERONICA (review)

Having finished her exams, Veronica begins her residency as a psychiatrist and finds that real people are more complex than they are in textbooks and lectures.  As she questions her own adequacy, she finds herself in an existential crisis, analyzing her own libido, her seeming inability to return love, and her relationship with her dying father.

REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

ONCE UPON A TIME VERONICA DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen
• Portuguese Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
• Burnt-in English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• International Trailer
• Big World Pictures Trailers

Big World Pictures is IN BLOOM (review)

Growing up in war-torn Georgia, timid Eka and outgoing Natia respond differently to the bullying and harassment they experience in their daily lives.  When her boyfriend gives her a gun before going to Moscow, Natia forces it on Eka to defend herself but Eka just hides it.  When Natia is abducted by a neighbor and forced into marriage however, Eka starts to find her voice and to rebel against the wrongs she sees around her.


REVIEW LINK: Big World Pictures (US) Region 1 NTSC DVD (DVDBeaver)

IN BLOOM DVD specs:

• 16:9 anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen
• Georgian Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
• Burnt-in English subtitles
• Theatrical Trailer
• Big World Pictures Trailers