A sweeping & poignant story of Ashkenazi Jews fleeing the Russian pogroms at the end of the 19th Century as well as a parable of the making of a modern society & the extent to which religion & mysticism meet Inspired by a story told to the author by his grandmother For the family of the little red-headed Malka trading the Russian shtetl for the Argentine pampas isn&t so easy Even in a country eager to populate its vast territories the immigrants discover that their new home isn&t the promised land They encounter hostility from both man & nature as they struggle through droughts & locusts in an attempt to cultivate the arid soil When misery pushes them to the extreme Malka&s uncle is visited by the prophet Elias who advises that he create a Golem--the mythical creature fashioned from earth & endowed with life by engraving on his body the word Emet (" Truth")--to pose as a man & aid the immigrants When years later the adult Malka is visited by Elias the events of her youth force her to decide whether or not she can maintain her silence--with fate & divine justice hanging in the balance Winner of the Best Foreign Graphic Album award at the Angoulême Festival About the Author Jorge Zentner was born in Basavilbaso Argentina in 1953 studied journalism & psychology & was a newspaper & radio reporter before leaving Argentina in 1977 & settling in Europe He has published novels short stories articles & poems but it&s for his comics that he&s best known particularly those in collaboration with Ruben Pellejero Their Adventures of Dieter Lumpen was published in English by IDW&s Euro Comics in 2016 Ruben Pellejero was born in Badalona Spain in 1952 He began his career in 1970 as an illustrator before turning to comics in 1983 with the historical series " Stories of Barcelona" In addition to his extensive collaboration with Jorge Zentner he has worked with writers Denis La Piere & Frank Giroud among others In 2010 he was awarded the Grand Prize at the Barcelona Comic Fair One of Europe&s most admired comics artists he was chosen in 2015 for the plum job to illustrate the ongoing adventures of Hugo Pratt&s Corto Maltese ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play As Hannibal " The Cannibal" Lecter Anthony Hopkins is the archetypical antihero--cultured quick-witted uncontainable--a portrait of the sharpest human faculties gone diabolically wrong His performance marked him as a major star in America & the movie swept the 1991 Academy Awards--Best Picture Director (Jonathan Demme) Actor (Hopkins) Actress (Foster) & Screenplay Adaptation (Ted Tally from the novel by Thomas Harris) Actors Anthony Hopkins Jodie Foster Scott Glenn Anthony Heald Diane Baker Kasi Lemmons Ted Levine Charles Napier & Tracey Walter Director Jonathan Demme Certificate 18 years & over Year 1991 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 54 minutes (approx)
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When a new family moves in next door Joe's mum explains that they are asylum seekers Joe hears that they are silence seekers especially as Mum adds that they need peace & quiet When he sees a young boy from the family sitting disconsolately on the steps Joe decides to help him find a quiet place in the noisy & chaotic city ...

WINNER SWEDISH CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEARThe adrenaline-charged & suspenseful thriller set in a ruthless world where all means are permitted in the fight for power When a savaged body is found in the waters outside the governing party's conference centre the case lands on detective Julia Gabrielsson's desk Who is the deceased & why has somebody gone to such trouble to make sure the body is unidentifiable? Officer David Sarac is a man haunted by demons After a violent showdown that almost cost him his life the policeman is being treated at a closed ward far from the capital Soon he will permanently silence the accusing voices in his head But a mysterious offer has David changing his mind ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Dutch pop singer Marco Borsato stars in this drama depicting the plight of child soldiers in Africa Dutchman Eduard Zuiderwijk (Marco Borsato) is a successful restaurateur living & working in a Ugandan town bordering a conflict zone His troubles escalate when his wife dies leaving him alone with his young son & the political situation around him becomes increasingly unstable When the son of one of his employees is abducted Eduard sets out to find the boy & uncovers a training camp where children are exploited by the rebel army into becoming soldiers ...

Berlin 1930 Sound film is conquering the big screen leaving many by the wayside producers cinema owners
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An army doctor copes with a case of syphilis contracted from one of his patients during an operation Based on a stage play by Kazuo Kikuta ...

An idyllic white two-storey beautiful house in Sweden Inside a family has been brutally murdered
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Inspired by true events Silent House was filmed in one continuous amazingly relentless shot with no edits One of the most terrifying intense & horrific films in modern horror it’s also one of the most groundbreaking since The Blair Witch Project & Paranormal Activity Shy introverted Laura & her jaded father have promised to clean an old friend’s property in order for it to be sold Travelling deep into the hostile unforgiving landscape of rural Uruguay they are to spend the night in an isolated run down cottage With no civilisation for hundreds of miles & no electricity or modern conveniences within the property Laura begins to dread the on coming night As darkness prevails her father investigates a strange noise from the above floor When he doesn’t return Laura has nothing but fear to console her But she’s not alone Something is waiting in the shadows something that knows her worst nightmares ...

Inspired by true events Silent House was filmed in one continuous amazingly relentless shot with no edits One of the most terrifying intense & horrific films in modern horror it’s also one of the most groundbreaking since The Blair Witch Project & Paranormal Activity Shy introverted Laura & her jaded father have promised to clean an old friend’s property in order for it to be sold Travelling deep into the hostile unforgiving landscape of rural Uruguay they are to spend the night in an isolated run down cottage With no civilisation for hundreds of miles & no electricity or modern conveniences within the property Laura begins to dread the on coming night As darkness prevails her father investigates a strange noise from the above floor When he doesn’t return Laura has nothing but fear to console her But she’s not alone Something is waiting in the shadows something that knows her worst nightmares ...