Blu-ray, DVD Release: Ixcanul

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Laurence
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Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Jan. 17, 2016
Price: DVD $18.99, Blu-ray $22.19
Studio: Kino Lorber

The debut film by Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante, Ixcanul is a fusion of fact and fable, a dreamlike depiction of the daily lives of Kaqchikel speaking Mayan on a coffee plantation at the base of an active volcano. Ixcanul translates in “volcano” in Engish.

The film immerses audiences its characters’ customs and beliefs, chronicling with a high-sense of realism, the disappearance of traditions of a disappearing people.

The film generated a staggering 100% positive rating at aggregator Rotten Tomatoes based upon 28 published reviews.

The DVD and Blu-ray incarnations of  the film contain the following:

-Booklet essay by Lydia Ogwang
-Making-of Documentary
-Trailer

 

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About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.