Post by captainofbeef on Apr 28, 2010 12:45:37 GMT -5
A gripping thriller and a tragic drama of nearly Greek proportions, Revanche is the stunning, Oscar-nominated international breakthrough of Austrian filmmaker Götz Spielmann. In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex (the mesmerizing Johannes Krisch) works in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian hooker Tamara. Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop and his seemingly content wife. With meticulous, elegant direction, Spielmann creates a tense, existential, and surprising portrait of vengeance and redemption, and a journey into the darkest forest of human nature, in which violence and beauty exist side by side.
* New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Götz Spielmann (with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
* New video interview with Spielmann
* The Making of “Revanche,” a half-hour documentary shot on the set
* Foreign Land (Fremdland), Spielmann’s award-winning student short film, with an introduction by the director
* U.S. theatrical trailer
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Armond White
