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The Motorcycle Diaries Walter Salles Gael Garcia Bernal and Rodrigo de la Serna star in a visually resplendent reconstruction of the journey that Ernesto "Che" Guevara and his best friend Alberto Granada took across South America in 1952 before Guevara began his career as a revolutionary. Director Walter Salles (Central Station) reveals inklings of Guevara's emerging political consciousness, but the character's discourse is more diagnostic than corrective and the road/buddy movie elements tend to dominate. "A soulful and reflective film, as gentle as it is potent" (Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times). The DVD is letterboxed and includes deleted scenes, making-of featurette, A Moment with Gael Garcia Bernal featurette, Tomo Uno (Take One) featurette with Gael Garcia Bernal, interview with composer Gustavo Santaolalla, English and French subtitles, and more. In Spanish with English subtitles. Peru/Chile/Argentina/USA/Brazil, 2004, 128 mins. DVD | $44.95
Behind the Sun Walter Salles The director of Central Station presents a moving story of young people caught up in ancestral violence, looking for a way out. The ongoing feud between a family of poor sugarcane farmers and one of wealth and property is expected to be carried on by young Tonho, who is supposed to avenge the death of his older brother. Tonho's younger brother and the arrival of a beautiful circus performer tempt him to rebel against his bloody obligation and find a new life before he falls victim to his current one. "Salles and cinematographer Walter Carvalho provide images that sear themselves into your memory...Salles sees poetry in his characters' faces as well" (Mark Caro, Chicago Tribune). In Portuguese with English subtitles. Brazil, 2001, 92 mins. DVD | $44.95
Central Station Walter Salles Fernanda Montenegro delivered a universally acclaimed performance in this tender and moving drama about a lonely, hardened woman who is befriended by an orphan boy at Rio de Janeiro's central train station. Montenegro was named Best Actress by the National Board of Review and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and was similarly honored at the Berlin Film Festival, where the film was also named Best Picture. "...the best performance by an actress I've seen all year" (Peter Rainer, New York Magazine). Portuguese with English subtitles. Brazil, 1998, 106 mins. DVD | $44.95
Foreign Land Walter Salles/Daniela Thomas After the death of his mother, an impoverished and grief-stricken aspiring Brazilian actor accepts a questionable delivery job from a shady antique dealer. Traveling to Lisbon with a fortune in uncut diamonds, his life intersects with a beautiful woman caught up in the Portuguese black market. This well-made thriller, effectively shot in black and white, reflects the angst that occupied Brazil following the political corruption and economic crisis of the early 1990s. In Portuguese with English subtitles. Brazil/Portugal, 1995, 100 mins. DVD | $37.95
Midnight Walter Salles/Daniela Thomas A convict with a violent history and an affluent speech therapist meet up unexpectedly just as they have both reached dire turning points in their lives. Their immediate attraction and potential love affair is played against the excitement and anxiety of the approaching millennium. The director of Central Station and his frequent collaborator Daniela Thomas made this unique film for the 2000 Seen by... series, in which directors from around the world were asked to create a film commemorating the end of the 20th century. Portuguese with English subtitles. France/Brazil, 1998, 72 mins. DVD | $37.95
