Villa Amalia DVD – Clara Bindi , Isabelle Huppert

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play  Isabelle Huppert headlines this sumptuous passionate tale adapted from the acclaimed novel by Pascal Quignard (All the Mornings of the World) Huppert stars as Ann a gifted and brilliant musician whose sense of security falls to pieces when she witnesses her husband kissing another woman Without hesitation she abandons him and takes a headlong rush into the arms of a new beginning embarking on a transnational journey that ultimately takes her to an isolated villa on the secluded island of Ischia Italy Once settled Ann insists on goading herself to fresh extremes and takes it upon herself to swim out as far into the ocean as possible Fainting under the scorching summer rays her floating body is pulled out of the water by local woman Giulia with whom Ann begins to explore a whole new facet of life

French drama starring Isabelle Huppert, adapted from a novel by Pascal Quignard. When Ann (Huppert), a successful concert pianist, briefly witnesses her long-term partner Thomas (Xavier Beauvois) passionately kissing a woman in the doorway of their Paris home, something snaps inside her and she makes a decision to leave her entire life behind and reinvent her existence. Enlisting the help of Georges (Jean-Hugues Anglade), a friend from her distant past, she erases all trace of her past, cuts off her hair and takes to the road, eventually finding a retreat from the world in the abandoned Villa Amalia on the tiny island of Ischia.

BAFTA award-winner, Cannes Best Actress and Cesar Award-winner Isabelle Huppert (The Pianist, 8 Women) stars opposite Jean-Hugues Anglade (Taking Lives, La Reine Margot) in her fifth collaboration with director Benoit Jacquot.