Brighter Summer Day Blu-ray Biographical/Historical Drama profoundly humanist anti-war film which

profoundly humanist anti-war film which follows two French aviators/prisoners of war (Jean Gabin & Pierre Fresnay) - they repeatedly escape only to be recaptured

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darkly comic neo-noir

playful film which adds fictional elements to  the real character and life of Chilean Nobel prize winning poet and communist party senator Pablo Neruda

Brighter Summer Day Blu-ray Biographical/Historical Drama profoundly humanist anti-war film which'A Brighter Summer Day' Director: Edward Yang (1991) Criterion Collection 2 disc Blu ray 4K restoration Mandarin and Taiwanese w English subtitles Extras include 113 minute documentary on Taiwanese cinema, commentary, essay and more. An intimate and tragic epic (almost 4 hours) set in a world of teenage deliquency, rock 'n' roll and political turmoil in early sixties Taiwan.