Sixteen-year-old Sandrine Bonnaire comes of age before your eyes in the Maurice Pialat's drama A Nos Amours. Also out this week on DVD: Richard Linklater's sophomore classic Dazed and Confused, Sarah Silverman's Jesus is Magic, and more.
1. À Nos Amours
French actress Sandrine Bonnaire was only sixteen when she made her film debut in Maurice Pialat's A Nos Amours. The story of a teenage Parisian girl who turns to sex to escape her overbearing father (played by Pialat) takes a suprising turn in the film's second half. The 2-disc Criterion release includes a 2003 interview with Bonnaire and the 1999 documentary The Human Eye on the making of the film.
2. Dazed And Confused (Director Approved Edition)
Here's a suprise: Richard Linklater's second film, an amiable, meandering story about Texas teens smoking dope and hanging around, has become a timeless classic. The young ensemble cast includes Matthew McConaughey, Jason London, Parker Posey, Cole Hauser, Milla Jovovich, Joey Lauren Adams, and a then unknown Ben Affleck as your typical high school bully. This "Director Approved" edition is timed to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the US Bicentennial, the era of the film's setting.
3. The Syrian Bride
In Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis' timely drama, a young Israeli woman, engaged to a Syrian man, faces the fact that marriage to her betrothed in Syria will mean she can never return to Israel. But when she gets to the border and looks set to begin a new life, some surprises await her.