Saturday's Children - DVD

In early December 1941, iconic actress Yu Jin (Gong LI) arrived in occupied Shanghai to appear for a stage stint opposite old leading man/flame Tan Na (Mark Chao). While she had a covert purpose of obtaining intelligence for the Allies, the imprisonment of her ex-husband (Zhang Songwen) by the Japanese may cloud the apparent truth of her allegiances. Atmospheric historical thriller co-stars Pascal Greggory, Huang Xiangli, Ayumu Nakajima, Joe Odagiri. 126 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack Mandarin; Subtitles; English. In Mandarin with English subtitles.

Kate Winslet, Jennifer Connelly and Patrick Wilson star in the Academy Award nominated film Little Children, the latest work from Oscar-nominated writer/director Todd Field. Based on the novel by Tom Perrotta, Little Children centers on a handful of middle-class suburban parents whose lives unravel in the wake of an adulterous affair.

When dedicated high school teacher Rachel (Virginie Efira) falls in love with Ali (Roschdy Zem), it's not long before she also falls for his daughter Leila. The lustful giddiness of Rachel and Ali's late-night rendezvous evolves into the familiar warmth of family picnics and after-school pickups. Although she feels like a mother, Rachel is not allowed to forget that Lelia is another woman's daughter. She begins to long for a child of her own, but as a forty-something woman, she is abundantly aware that she has limited time to begin a family. Rachel must decide whether to embrace the inherent entanglements of her current situation, including co-parenting with Ali's ex-wife Alice (Chiara Mastroianni), or strike out again on her own. Other People's Children becomes a soulful, sexy, and resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for agency and belonging.