One nice thing about home entertainment is the availability
of arthouse and foreign language imports that rarely make it out to the
suburbs.
Of the 2015 crop of Best Foreign Language contenders, Sony
Pictures was the first out with a release date for what proved to be the
Oscar-winner, Son of Saul (the official entry from Hungary), which streets on
Apr. 26. Cohen Media Group will bring
France’s selection, Mustang, to market on May 10, Magnolia Home Entertainment
tabbed June 7 as the release for Denmark’s A War and last week Oscilloscope
Laboratories selected June 21 for Colombian filmmaker Ciro Guerra’s stunning Embrace
of the Serpent.
The list is now complete as Film Movement announced this
week that both DVD and Blu-ray editions of Jordan’s Best Foreign Language
entry, writer/director Naji Abu Nowar’s Theeb will be available for viewing
on May 17.
The ARR is 193 days and domestic ticket sales currently
stand at $276,327.
100 years ago and war rages in the Middle East — ironically,
not much has changed — and a Bedouin named Hussein (played by Hussein Salameh
Al-Sweilhiyeen) agrees to guide a British Officer by the name of Edward (Jack
Fox — Privates, Blood Moon) on a clandestine mission to scout water
resources in the desert. Much to the
chagrin of Hussein, his little brother, Theeb (Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat), decides
to tag along … once discovered it is too late to turn back!
Bonus features include commentary by filmmaker Naji Abu
Nowar (his debut) and the 2015 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or Best Short Film-winner,
Waves’98
(written and directed by Lebanese filmmaker Ely Dagher).
Both Theeb and Waves’98 are presented in
Arabic with English subtitles.
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