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Product Description In only his second feature, Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa (HORSE MONEY, IN VANDA'S ROOM) brilliantly reworked Jacques Tourneur's classic I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE into a reflection on his country s colonial legacy. A nurse, Mariana (Inês Medeiros), accompanies Leão (Isaach De Bankole) to his home on the volcanic islands of Cape Verde after an accident sends him into a coma. Yet he goes unrecognized by fellow denizens, leaving Mariana trapped with and eventually entranced by a mysterious community. Never before released in the U.S. and now beautifully restored, CASA DE LAVA foreshadows the masterful films that would follow, yet is an extraordinary, ravishing work in its own right. SPECIAL FEATURES: Casa de Lava scrapbook (2012, 24 minutes), pages from Pedro Costa s notebook, featuring images and texts gathered during production, and set to original music Interview with cinematographer Emmanuel Machuel Theatrical Trailer Plus, a booklet featuring essays by film scholars Darlene J. Sadlier and Jonathan Rosenbaum Review "New enigmas reveal themselves with each new viewing." --Jacques Rivette

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In White Material, the great contemporary French filmmaker Claire Denis (Chocolat, Beau travail), known for her restless, intimate dramas, introduces an unforgettably crazed character. Played ferociously by Isabelle Huppert (Story of Women, The Piano Teacher), Maria is an entitled white woman living in Africa, desperately unwilling to give up her family’s crumbling coffee plantation despite the civil war closing in on her. Created with Denis’ signature full-throttle visual style, which places the viewer in the center of the maelstrom, White Material is a gripping evocation of the death throes of European colonialism and a fascinating look at a woman lost in her own mind.