Product Details

• Actors: Oscar Kawagley, Rosel Zech, k.d. lang, Eugene Omiak, Wayne Waterman
• Directors: Percy Adlon
• Producers: Salmonberries ( Percy Adlon's Salmonberries ), Salmonberries, Percy Adlon's Salmonberries
• Format: Import, PAL
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Umbrella Entertainment
• Run Time: 94 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00262E7GS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #400,895 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Australia released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Singer K.D.Lang makes her acting debut in this moving parable of impossible love and the struggle for identity. Stunningly shot in remote north-western Alaska, the film sees Kothebue (Lang), an androgynous, inarticulate Alaskan pipeline worker, search out her family origins in a small town library. There she meets Roswitha (Rose! Zech), the librarian, a quiet East German who retreated to Alaska after her young husband was shot escaping across the Berlin Wall. As the women help each other come to terms with their pasts, Roswitha rejects a sexual relationship, despite the palpable desire that develops between them. Written and directed by Percy Adlon, the film echoes his international hit, Bagdad Café - desolate locations, an emotional tryst between strong-willed women from diverse backgrounds - and remains a timeless tale of two lost souls searching for love. SCREENED/AWARDED AT: Montreal World Film Festival, ...Salmonberries ( Percy Adlon's Salmonberries )

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Grew on a second viewing, November 13, 2010

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This review is from: Salmonberries ( Percy Adlon's Salmonberries ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.0 Import - Australia ] (DVD)

A sort of mix of Percy Adlon's earlier `Bagdad Café' and

Roberty Altman's `Three Women' set in Alaska.

k.d. lang plays an androgynous miner who falls in love with a straight, private, local German librarian.

They both have muddy, tragic pasts that slowly emerge. There are some deeply moving moments,

and some wonderful slightly magical realist touches. The cinematography is very good. But while lang

does a surprisingly decent job, I can't help thinking a stronger, more experienced actress could have

brought out even more in this amazing role.

That said, I did enjoy this much more on a second viewing. While it bothered me that it felt at times like

Adlon was simply trying to re-create the magic of `Bagdad Café' (odd, surreal setting, quirky out of place

characters, cinematography that uses color in exaggerated ways for effect, etc.) overall I found

myself more able to just let go and accept this tale on its own merits. And doing that, it made me smile.