{"product_id":"el-sur-dvd","title":"El Sur (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTen years after making his mark on Spanish cinema with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Spirit of the Beehive,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Víctor Erice returned to filmmaking with this adaptation of a novella by Adelaida García Morales, which deepens the director’s fascination with childhood, fantasy, and the legacy of his country’s civil war. In the North of Spain, Estrella grows up captivated by her father, a doctor with mystical powers—and by the enigma of his youth in the South, a near-mythical region whose secrets haunt Estrella more and more as time goes on. Though Erice’s original vision also encompassed a section set in the South itself, scenes that were never shot, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEl Sur\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e remains an experience of rare perfection and satisfaction, drawing on painterly cinematography by José Luis Alcaine to evoke the enchantments of memory and the inaccessible, inescapable mysteries of the past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"header_lvl2 hideSmall\" data-feature-title-field=\"\"\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-features-list\" data-special-features-field=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew 2K digital restoration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInterview from 2003 with director Víctor Erice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew program on the making of the film, featuring interviews from 2012 with actors Omero Antonutti, Sonsoles Aranguren, and Icíar Bollaín; cinematographerJosé Luis Alcaine; and camera operator Alfredo Mayo\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHour-long episode of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e¡Qué grande es el cine!\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom 1996, featuring film critics Miguel Marías, Miguel Rubio, and Juan Cobos discussing\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEl Sur\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew English subtitle translation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePLUS: An essay by novelist and critic Elvira Lindo, and a new edition of the 1985 novella by Adelaida García Morales on which the film is based\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNew cover design by Michael Boland\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Criterion Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44100896686280,"sku":"CC2897DDVD","price":38.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/8486\/3688\/files\/elsurdvd.jpg?v=1726107375","url":"https:\/\/videomatica.com\/es\/products\/el-sur-dvd","provider":"Videomatica Ltd (since 1983)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}