Pelle the Conqueror

Product Description **ACADEMY AWARD AND GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM** Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Lasse, an elderly and widowed farmer, and his young son Pelle, join a boat-load of immigrants to escape from impoverished rural Sweden to Denmark's Baltic island of Bornholm. They are employed at a large farm in Denmark, where they are treated as the lowest of the low. It is ultimately their loving relationship which sustains them through a difficult year. Bonus Feature: Commentary by film scholar Peter Cowie. Package includes: Collector's Booklet with film essay by academic/film critic, Terrence Rafferty; cast and crew credits; chapter breaks; stills. Review WINNER - Best Foreign Language Film - Academy Awards NOMINATED - Best Actor in a Leading Role - Academy Awards WINNER - Palme d'Or - Cannes Film Festival WINNER - Best Foreign Language Film - Golden Globes WINNER - Best Actor - European Film Awards WINNER - Best Young Actor - European Film Awards --- In Bille August's Pelle the Conqueror, Max von Sydow is so astoundingly evocative that he makes your bones ache. --Hal Hinson, The Washington Post The von Sydow performance is in a category by itself. It is another highlight in an already extraordinary career, and quite unlike anything that American audiences have seen him do to date. - Vincent Canby, The New York Times [T]he film is a towering achievement, grueling in its portrayal of a harsh existence yet ultimately an exhilarating experience unlikely to be forgotten. --Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times