When it comes to high quality, crammed releases, they don’t come much bigger and better than Eureka Video’s ever-expanding Masters of Cinema line. And with Naomi Kawase’s mesmerising The Mourning Forest now joining that collection with its impending August 21st release, we’ve got three copies of the new Dual Format release of that movie to give away to some lucky readers.
Kawase’s The Mourning House was first released back in 2007, making some huge waves at Cannes Film Festival before going on to become a huge favourite of many genre fans across the globe. To be in with a chance to win this much-lauded, haunting drama, simply answer the following question:
The Mourning House famously won plenty of plaudits at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007, but which country is Cannes actually in?
a) Spain
b) Germany
c) France
Email your answer, along with your address details, to [email protected] labelled The Mourning Forest before midnight on Sunday, August 27th.
To give you an idea of what to expect from this must-see release, be sure to check out the trailer below:
The official word on this new release reads as follows:
Ten years after becoming the youngest winner of the Caméra d’Or, Naomi Kawase returned to Cannes and claimed the prestigious Grand Prix for The Mourning Forest , a beautiful and contemplative portrait of grief.
Machiko (Machiko Ono) is a young nurse who still carries the burden of her young son’s death. Shigeki (Shigeki Uda) is an elderly widower and a resident at the nursing home where Machiko works. After celebrating Shigeki’s birthday, Machiko takes him for a drive in the countryside, but their car breaks down and Shigeki absconds into the nearby forest. Machiko has no choice but to follow, and they become lost in the dense woodlands, before their fates eventually become entwined.
Drawing comparisons to Shohei Imamura (particularly his Palme d’Or winning The Ballad of Narayama) and Terence Malick, Naomi Kawase’s The Mourning Forest is a hauntingly beautiful, symbolically rich masterpiece, and The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the film for the first time ever on Blu-ray, in a special Dual Format edition.
Stunning 1080p presentation on the Blu-ray, with a progressive encode on the DVD| Uncompressed PCM audio on the Blu-ray | High Definition Stills Gallery| PLUS: A booklet featuring a statement from Kawase made at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, alongside stills from the films production
THE MOURNING FOREST, Naomi Kawase’s powerful blend of nature and traditional Japanese storytelling, is available as part of The Masters of Cinema Series in a Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition, and is available to purchase here.
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