Global Lens – The Best of World Cinema – Volume 6: Asia – 5 DVD Collector’s Edition

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Global Lens – The Best of World Cinema – Volume 6: Asia – 5 DVD Collector’s Edition

The Global Film Initiative’s award winning Global Lens series supports the growth of vibrant, global filmmaking communities from around the world. This unique Collector’s Edition includes 5 critically acclaimed Asian films.

STOLEN LIFE – China:
As a young child, Yanni was sent to live with her aunt and grandmother in Beijing. In rebellion against her hostile household and sense of abandonment, she applies to college, and surprises her family with her acceptance. Just as she prepares to create a new life, however, an encounter with a delivery boy triggers a series of unanticipated events. (Mandarin w. English subs)

LUXURY CAR (Jiang Cheng Xia Ri) – China:
A man travels from his small village to the city of Wuhan, where he is determined to fulfill his wife’s last wish of seeing her son. But he soon discovers his daughter working as an escort, forcing him to evaluate the future of his family. This film echoes the reality of rural exodus and political upheaval in China. (Mandarin w. English subs)

SOUL OF SAND (Pairon Talle) – India:
A watchman and his wife living at an abandoned mine are trapped by a brutal scheme of their tyrannical landlord in this suspenseful take on the politics of caste and money in India’s rapidly developing economy. (Hindi w. English subs)

OF LOVE AND EGGS (Rindu Kami Padamu) – Indonesia:
Garin Nugroho brings gentle humor to complex relationships between parents and children, and to social and religious issues of life in and around a Jakarta mosque. (Indonesian w. English subs)

BUFFALO BOY – Vietnam
When young Kim joins the nomadic life of the buffalo herders, he is exposed to a brutal way of existence. Set in the lowlands of southern Vietnam, this coming of age tale is a richly textured reflection of the rhythms of daily life and culture determined by water. (Vietnamese w. English subs)

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