Simon, El Gran Varon, DVD

Though her son is doing his best to force her out of the beloved country house, the stubborn and feisty Lola refuses to leave as she and Clementina (her niece) are trying to adopt a Bosnian war orphan. Opportunistic runaway Bartolome needs a few meals and so convinces the grandmother that he is the refugee they are awaiting. Later Clementina finds a gradual friendship developing between herself and Lola's lawyer. When aging fisherman Colo finds a raft of drugs floating in the ocean, he figures that...

A young boy learns a grownup's lesson in survival in this dramatic adventure. Alex ( Jordan Kiziuk ) is an 11-year-old boy who is living with his father Stefan ( Patrick Bergin ) and Uncle Boruch ( Jack Warden ) in a Jewish ghetto in Poland during WWII. While Alex has been able to hold onto some shards of his childhood innocence, he's all too aware of the dangers all around him, and his father has gone so far as to teach him how to use a gun for his own protection once the inevitable tragedy occurs...

The works of Guy de Maupassant have likely been adapted by more French filmmakers than those of any other author (with the possible exception of Georges Simenon ). Max Ophuls harnesses three Maupassant short stories to suit his artistic purposes in Le Plaisir ( House of Pleasure ). In "The Mask," an aging lothario ( Jean Galland ) learns more about himself than he cares to when he dons a mask to cover his wrinkles. In "The House of Madame Tellier," the proprietress of a brothel ( Madeline Renaud...