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The breakthrough feature from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. The brothers brought their unerring eye for detail and their compassion for those on society's lowest rungs developed in their earlier documentary work to an absorbing drama about a teenager who is gradually coming to understand the im...

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Corporate Author: Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Dardenne, Jean-Pierre, 1951-, Dardenne, Luc, 1954-, Renier, Jérémie, Gourmet, Olivier
Format: Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:French
Language Notes:French dialogue; English subtitles.
Published: [United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2012.
Series:Criterion collection ; 620.
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Summary:The breakthrough feature from Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne. The brothers brought their unerring eye for detail and their compassion for those on society's lowest rungs developed in their earlier documentary work to an absorbing drama about a teenager who is gradually coming to understand the implications of his father making a living off of illegal alien workers.
Item Description:Title from disc.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1996.
Release date: Aug. 14, 2012.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by Alain Marcoen; conversation between film critic Scott Foundas and filmmakers; New interviews with actors; Trailer; New English subtitle translation; Plus, a booklet featureing an essay by film critic Kent Jones.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:Blu-ray, region A, (1.77:1) widescreen; requires Blu-ray player.
ISBN:9781604656152
1604656158