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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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| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | French dialogue; English subtitles. |
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[United States] :
The Criterion Collection,
2012.
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| 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. |
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| 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 |