Victory (Imprint Collection Limited Edition)
Worldwide first on Blu-ray!
Passion. Seduction. Betrayal. In the Dutch East Indies, musician Alma discovers she is to be enslaved and sold to a lascivious hotel owner. She turns to a stranger for help: the mysterious Axel Heyst, a former businessman who now lives a life of seclusion. Heyst reluctantly agrees to aid her escape, and the two return to his remote island where they soon fall in love. But their idyllic life is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of three men who claim to have drifted to the island by chance. But in a world of vengeance and lies, nothing is a coincidence.
Based on the novel by Heart of Darkness author Joseph Conrad, Victory was the final film from renowned Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Peploe (Antonioni's The Passenger, Bertolucci's The Last Emperor). The film stars Willem Dafoe (The Last Temptation of Christ), Sam Neill (Dead Calm), Irène Jacob (The Double Life of Veronique), Rufus Sewell (Dark City), Ho Yi (Spy Game), Bill Paterson (Richard III) and Simon Callow (A Room with a View). 1500 copies only.
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Worldwide first on Blu-ray!
Passion. Seduction. Betrayal. In the Dutch East Indies, musician Alma discovers she is to be enslaved and sold to a lascivious hotel owner. She turns to a stranger for help: the mysterious Axel Heyst, a former businessman who now lives a life of seclusion. Heyst reluctantly agrees to aid her escape, and the two return to his remote island where they soon fall in love. But their idyllic life is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of three men who claim to have drifted to the island by chance. But in a world of vengeance and lies, nothing is a coincidence.
Based on the novel by Heart of Darkness author Joseph Conrad, Victory was the final film from renowned Oscar-winning screenwriter Mark Peploe (Antonioni's The Passenger, Bertolucci's The Last Emperor). The film stars Willem Dafoe (The Last Temptation of Christ), Sam Neill (Dead Calm), Irène Jacob (The Double Life of Veronique), Rufus Sewell (Dark City), Ho Yi (Spy Game), Bill Paterson (Richard III) and Simon Callow (A Room with a View). 1500 copies only.
