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• Underground | DVD | (23/10/2006) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kusturica's extraordinary dramatic black tragicomedy is an epic tale about love friendship betrayal manipulation and lies. It is also the first film to deal with the Yugoslav tragedy. It is not a factual account of the conflict but expresses Balkan vitality energy humour and the will to survive set against the complex historical backdrop of the past fifty years in Yugoslavia. Based on Dusan Kovacevic's story 'Once Upon A Time There Was A Country' the story follows two likeable crooks- Marko a charmer who manipulates everyone within his reach and his pal the foolish but loveable Blacky. The third member of the group is Natalija an actress of easy virtue with whom they are both in love. The three of them live and take part in a world of self-delusion deceit and abuse but one where there is also love and tenderness.

• Esma's Secret | DVD | (16/04/2007) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Esma lives with her 12-year-old daughter Sara in Grbavica a quarter of the Bosnian capital Sarajevo in the years following the civil war. When Sara wants to participate in a school trip Esma tries to find a way to pay the full price although a certificate proving Sara's father is a war hero would allow her a discount...

• When Father Was Away On Business | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Celebrated Balkan filmmaker Emir Kusturica won his first Palme d'Or the Cannes Film Festival's highest honour for this exuberant portrait of 1950s Yugoslavia as seen through the eyes of six year-old Malik. As the country resists the pressures of Stalinism many find themselves taken away ""on business"" by the police for making imprudent statements against the government. But Malik's father Manojlovic finds himself imprisoned for an altogether less noble reason when his affair with the mistress of a high-ranking party official is discovered. Naively believing his Papa to be away on business Malik must face up to life's sometimes poignant often comic tribulations without him.