Cohen Media Group will add to its Blu-ray catalog acclaimed Italian director Liliana Cavani's
The Skin a.k.a.
La Pelle (1981) and Cherien Dabis'
May in the Summer (2013). The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the U.S. market on January 13, 2015.
The Skin
Based on the memoirs of author Curzio Malaparte, diplomatic liaison between the Allied and Italian forces after the defeat of the Nazi's in Italy, director Cavani's (
The Night Porter) film is an unflinching look the collapse of Italian society under the US occupation and the desperate measures required for survival. An unforgettable and controversial film. Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King, and Carlo Giuffrè. Recently restored in 2K.
May in the Summer
From award-winning filmmaker Cherien Dabis who made
Amreeka (2009) which world-premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the prestigious FIPRESCI award in the Director's Fortnight at Cannes.
High off the success of her first book and planning to marry Ziad, her sensible, stable and studious fiance, May Brennan has it all. At least that's what she'd like people to believe. Reunited with her family in Amman, she's thrust back into the chaos of her former existence. Her headstrong mother Nadine, a born-again Christian disapproves of her Muslim fiance so thoroughly she plans to boycott the wedding. Her younger sisters Dalia and Yasmine behave like her children. And her estranged father Edward is suddenly and suspiciously interested in making amends. As her wedding day looms, May finds herself more and more confronted by the trauma of her parents divorce. And soon, her once carefully structured life spins hopelessly out of control. Starring Bill Pullman, Hiam Abbass, James Garson Chick, and Cherien Dabis.