Ferzan Ozpetek Collection - 5-DVD Box Set ( Harem Suare / Le fate ignoranti / La finestra di fronte / Cuore sacro / Saturno contro ) ( Last Harem / The Ignorant Fairies / Facing Windows / Sacred Heart / Saturn in Opposition )

Ferzan Ozpetek Collection - 5-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Harem Suare / Le fate ignoranti / La finestra di fronte / Cuore sacro / Saturno contro
Alternate Title: Last Harem / The Ignorant Fairies / Facing Windows / Sacred Heart / Saturn in Opposition
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
David Donatello Awards
European Film Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )
Multi-lingual ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
536 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Biographies
Box Set
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Teaser(s)
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1999 - 2007 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )
Turkey ( Africa, Middle East )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Ferzan Ozpetek

Written By:
Ferzan Ozpetek
Gianni Romoli

Actors:
Marie Gillain ..... Safiye
Alex Descas ..... Nadir
Lucia Bosé ..... Old Safiye
Valeria Golino ..... Anita
Malick Bowens ..... Midhat
Christophe Aquillon ..... Sumbul
Serra Yilmaz ..... Gulfidan
Haluk Bilginer ..... Abdulhamit
Pelin Batu ..... Cerkez Cariye
Ayla Algan ..... Valide
Nilüfer Açikalin ..... Selma
Meriç Benlioglu ..... Journaliste
Cansel Elcin ..... Gulbahar
Basak Köklükaya ..... Aliye
Gaia Narcisi ..... Guya
Selda Özer
Margherita Buy ..... Antonia
Stefano Accorsi ..... Michele
Serra Yilmaz ..... Serra
Gabriel Garko ..... Ernesto
Erika Blanc ..... Veronica
Andrea Renzi ..... Massimo
Koray Candemir ..... Emir
Lucrezia Valia ..... Mara
Filippo Nigro ..... Riccardo
Ivan Bacchi ..... Luciano
Maurizio Romoli ..... Angelo
Carmine Recano ..... Israele
Luca Calvani ..... Sandro
Rosaria De Cicco ..... Luisella
Edilberta Caviteno Bahia ..... Nora
Giovanna Mezzogiorno ..... Giovanna
Massimo Girotti ..... Simone /
Davide Veroli ..... Lorenzo
Raoul Bova ..... Filippo
Filippo Nigro ..... Eminè
Serra Yilmaz ..... Sara
Maria Grazia Bon ..... Young Davide
Massimo Poggio ..... Simone
Ivan Bacchi ..... Tintora
Chiara Andreis ..... Donna negozio stoffe
Veronica Bruni ..... Alessio
Olimpia Carlisi ..... Marco
Ohame-Brancy Chibuzo ..... Barista
Carlo Daniele ..... Marilena
Rosaria De Cicco ..... Martina
Luciana De Falco ..... Vittorio
Barbara Folchitto ..... Microbo
Francesca Gamba ..... Uomo forno
Benedetta Gargari ..... Sorella di Simone, padrona negozio stoffe
Enrico Grassi ..... Tintora Stiratrice
Serena Habtom Mehari ..... La spia
Flavio Insinna ..... Barman
Elisabeth Kaza ..... Giambo
Patrizia Loreti ..... Cameriere
Francesco Martino
Caterina Quaranta
Maurizio Romoli
Giorgio Sgobbi
Thierno Thiam
Billo Thiernothian
Claudia Verdat
Giovanni Verdesca
Barbora Bobulova ..... Irene
Andrea Di Stefano ..... Giancarlo
Lisa Gastoni ..... Eleonora
Massimo Poggio ..... Padre Carras
Camille Dugay Comencini ..... Benny
Gigi Angelillo ..... Aurelio
Erika Blanc ..... Maria Clara
Caterina Vertova ..... Angela
Stefano Santospago ..... Giorgio
Michela Cescon ..... Anna Maria
Elisabetta Pozzi ..... La psichiatra
Enrica Ajò ..... Francesca
Fabrizio Apolloni ..... Maid
Sanghamitra Bakshi ..... Guido
Gianlorenzo Brambilla ..... Antonio, l'autista
Gloria Cocco ..... Laura
Francesco De Vito ..... Donna misteriosa
Barbara Folchitto ..... Alberto
Mariangela Giordano ..... Liliana
Giorgio Gobbi
Enrico Grassi
Daniela Maria Jannace
Patrizia La Fonte
Patrizia Loreti
Paola Minaccioni
Raffaella Panichi
Paolo Romano
Fabrizio Sabatucci
Stefania Spugnini
Ione Venturini
Stefano Accorsi ..... Antonio Pontesilli
Margherita Buy ..... Angelica Pontesilli
Pierfrancesco Favino ..... Davide
Serra Yilmaz ..... Neval
Ennio Fantastichini ..... Sergio
Ambra Angiolini ..... Roberta
Luca Argentero ..... Lorenzo Marchetti
Filippo Timi ..... Roberto
Michelangelo Tommaso ..... Paolo
Milena Vukotic ..... Marta, la Capoinfermiera
Luigi Diberti ..... Vittorio
Lunetta Savino ..... Minnie
Isabella Ferrari ..... Laura
Benedetta Gargari ..... Giulia
Gabriele Paolino ..... Marco

Synopsis:

Last Harem (1999)
At the end of the Ottoman Empire, young Safiye (Marie Gillain) becomes a concubine in a Turkish harem. Nadir (Alex Descas), a eunuch in the household, works to consolidate Safiye's position as the Sultan's favorite, until the two become entangled in a secret, forbidden relationship.
The Ignorant Fairies (2001)
Antonia and Massimo have been married for over a decade and they live in a beautiful house on the outskirts of Rome and they are happy.
Facing Windows (2003)
Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for the Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her...
Sacred Heart (2005)
Irene, a workaholic, is forced to re-evaluate her priorities after the suicide of her two best friends.
Saturn in Opposition (2007)
Depicts the bereavement pains of a bunch of friends, including a gay couple.

Last Harem (1999)
Following the success of Hamam, Turkey-born, Italy-based Ferzan Ozpetek delivers another exotic film that delves into the traditions of his origin. Once again, the exotic city of Istanbul is the place of intrigue. But, unlike Hamam, which was a contemporary story, Harem Suare takes place at the turn of the century in the last days of the Ottoman Empire. The locale of this ornate story of love, power, and fear is the magnificent Yildiz Palace, where Sultan Abdulhamit whiles away the time listening to the finale of La Traviata as rebellions rage all over the country. The Sultan cannot stand unhappy endings, so he has asked Safiye, his favorite concubine, who is Italian, to rewrite the libretto so that Violetta does not die. Nadir, one of the black eunuchs, has plans for Safiye, whom he thinks should become the official wife. Nadir's plans take a different turn when he and Safiye fall in love. In the harem, which is isolated from the rest of the world, life goes on with its plots and subplots, loyalties and betrayals, happiness and tragedies as if time did not exist. The story is told from the point of view of Safiye, concentrating more on human relations than on palace politics. The director plays with mirror images to reflect the two faces of personalities and the complexities of intercultural relations. Mythology is blended with sexuality, emphasizing the delicate nuances of language. The exotic element is not abused and historical details are used sparingly and only when necessary. Acting by young French actress Marie Gillain, who plays Safiye, and Lucia Bose, who plays her in old age, as well as Alex Descas as the eunuch Nadir and famous Turkish actor Haluk Bilginer as Sultan Abdulhamid are all commendable. 52nd Cannes Film Festival, 1999.
The Ignorant Fairies (2001)
A woman dealing with the loss of her mate learns he had a surprising secret life in this drama from Italy. Antonia (Margherita Buy) is a doctor who finds both challenges and rewards in her work with people with AIDS, who has also enjoyed a long and seemingly happy relationship with her husband Massimo (Andrea Renzi). When Massimo is killed in an auto wreck, Antonia is crushed and turns away from her work and her friends; while she tries to reach out to her mother Veronica (Erica Blanc), Veronica is too emotionally distant to be of much help. As Antonia struggles to come to terms with her grief, she discovers to her shock that her husband had been having an affair through much of their marriage, and her confusion is intensified when she learns that Massimo's lover was a man, Michele (Stefano Accorsi). Antonia confronts Michele, who would prefer not to say anything about Massimo, but Antonia is persistent, and in time the two open up to each other about the man they both deeply loved. As a friendship grows between Antonia and Michele, she has another surprise in store -- she finds she's pregnant with Massimo's child.
Facing Windows (2003)
Young married couple Giovanna (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and Filippo (Filippo Nigro) have been married long enough to have become almost completely jaded by their lots in life, with most of their individual aspirations having been set aside some time ago. As their marriage begins to fall apart, the two encounter a strange old man (Massimo Girotti) who calls himself Simone since he can't seem to recall his real name or much about his past history. Filippo brings the man home to stay with them, which initially irritates Giovanna. Over time, she gradually befriends the confused old man and eventually notices a tattoo on his arm indicative of his being a WWII Holocaust survivor. Taking 'Simone' to an old Roman ghetto, she helps him remember his name (Davide) and his time spent in that very ghetto - which includes recalling the very painful memory of his lover Simone's capture and murder at the hands of the Nazis. Meanwhile, Giovanna has been spending her free time impulsively peeping across the street at her attractive neighbor Lorenzo (Raoul Bova) - who in turn has been spying on her. Giovanna is thus forced to decide between Filippo and Lorenzo, as well as possibly realizing a long dormant professional dream that her new friend Davide may be able to help her undertake.
Sacred Heart (2005)
Irene Ravelli and her aunt, Eleonora, are ruthless business partners who have inherited an Italian real-estate empire. As Irene makes plans to turn her family's historic palazzo in Rome into an apartment complex, she is moved by thoughts of her late mother, and a homeless 12-year-old named Beni, to help those less fortunate. With the aid of Father Carras, the woman undergoes a complete life transformation.
Saturn in Opposition (2007)
When the young and handsome Lorenzo (Luca Argentero) dies suddenly, his boyfriend, Davide (Pierfrancesco Favino), is shattered. His mourning period is made harder by the arrival of Lorenzo's father, who never fully accepted his son's homosexuality. Meanwhile, Davide's friends come to terms with the sudden tragedy in their own ways, with one married couple (Stefano Accorsi, Margherita Buy) even considering divorce after revelations of infidelity surface in the wake of Lorenzo's demise.

Last Harem (1999)
As the Ottoman Empire comes to an end, an old servant spins a tale to keep the women in the Sultan's harem distracted. The story is about Safiye, who first becomes the Sultan's favorite concubine, and later the official wife. As she gains power and influence, she engages in a tryst with Nadir, the black eunuch. When the Empire falls, the Sultan escapes to Europe, leaving all the concubines behind. Safiye fights for their rights under the new order...
The Ignorant Fairies (2001)
AIDS doctor Antonia's husband is killed by a car. She gets depressed until she learns he had been cheating on her with a man. Following her newly born curiosity for life, she goes to see her husband's lover, Michele, and finds a huge apartment that he shares with gay and transgendered friends, including a Turkish immigrant and a prostitute. Antonia is reluctant to tell these people of her relationship to the dead man, but needs prompting to move on to a new phase of her life.
Facing Windows (2003)
Giovanna is a bookkeeper in a company which packs chickens. She is married to a man who has a precarious job. First she starts being curious about a young man who lives in the block opposite hers, and then she falls in love with him. The relationship between the two becomes much stronger when she starts to find out more about him from an old man who bursts into their lives. The old man, obsessed with the memories of some things that happened n the long past autumn of 1943, has lost his memory and finds refuge in Giovanna.
Sacred Heart (2005)
Italian drama about unresolved family affairs. Irene (Barbora Bobulova), an emotionally frigid property developer is charged with the restoration of a property whose last occupant was her mother - a woman she barely knew. As the project unfolds, so does the life of the woman who gave birth to her and Irene is forced to lower her emotional guard...
Saturn in Opposition (2007)
Long-time friends: Davide, a successful novelist, lives with Lorenzo, who's everyone's favorite; Antonio and Angelique, married with two children; Neval, a voluble Turk, and her compliant husband; Sergio, an aging gay man; and, Roberta, beautiful, heavily into drugs. They have secrets: an affair, a business venture. Then, tragedy strikes, and the group pulls together for one of their own, who may not want their intersession. Are there limits to the power of friendship?

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 13 November, 2015.