Posted Fri Mar 14, 2014 at 06:00 AM PDT by Steven Cohen
Two films from acclaimed director Costa-Gavras will make their Blu-ray debut in June.
In an early announcement to retailers, Cohen Media Group is preparing 'Amen.' and 'Capital' for Blu-ray on June 10.
'Amen.' - When newly-commissioned SS Lieutenant Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur) witnesses the chemical disinfectant he's helped perfect being used to systematically murder interred Jews, he has no choice but to act. The only sympathetic ear Gerstein is able to find is that of a young Father Riccardo (Mathieu Kassovitz), a priest with deep ties to the Vatican. While Riccardo takes on the obstructive Vatican hierarchy, Gerstein must walk a tightrope between documenting and enabling the atrocities his fellow SS officers cold-bloodedly commit. As the two unlikely allies fight to reveal the truth to the Church and the world, they discover that the fates of a man of conscience committing treason for the sake of humanity and a man of God committing heresy to thwart genocide are ultimately the same.
'Capital' - When the CEO of France's Phenix Bank collapses on the golf course, Machiavellian young executive Marc Tourneuil (Gad Elmaleh) is crowned as his replacement. A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception ensues as Tourneuil's brutal ascent is jeopardized by a hostile takeover attempt from a large American hedge fund led by Dittmar Rigule (Gabriel Byrne), erotic distractions from international supermodel Nassim (Liya Kebede), and adversaries with an agenda for destruction.
Specs, supplements, and suggested list prices for the Blu-rays have not been announced yet.
You can find the latest specs for 'Amen.' and 'Capital' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where they are indexed under June 10.
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