Young and Wild - DVD

Academy Award Winner Reese Witherspoon stars in this inspirational true story from the director of Dallas Buyers Club and based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed. After years of reckless behavior and being haunted by memories of her mother Bobbi (Academy Award Nominee Laura Dern), Cheryl (Witherspoon) makes a rash decision to embark on a challenging trek across the Pacific Crest Trail. With absolutely no experience, she sets out to hike more than a thousand miles all on her own - in what becomes a remarkable journey of self-discovery and redemption that strengthens and ultimately heals her.

Dare to be Wild is a romantic adventure story, inspired by real life Mary Reynolds (Emma Greenwell), a young landscape designer determined to preserve wild nature. Betrayed in the cutthroat world of Dublin celebrity society, Mary has little hope and no prospects, but has one earth-changing idea. But how does a penniless unknown dare compete in the Olympics of Gardening where Prince Charles is a rival? Defying all odds, Mary embarks on an Ethiopian odyssey to bring back the one man who can help. When the man whose mission is to make the desert bloom again meets the woman engaged in a wild competition, passion blazes along with the power to change the world.

Acclaimed director Francois Ozon (SWIMMING POOL, 8 WOMEN) helms this erotic tale of sexual awakening, featuring a luminous, star-making performance (David Rooney, the Hollywood Reporter) from it's young lead actress, Marine Vacth. After losing her virginity, 17-year-old budding beauty Isabelle (Vacth) takes up a secret life as a call girl, meeting older gentlemen clients for erotic hotel room trysts. But throughout her sexual escapades Isabelle remains curiously aloof, showing little interest in the encounters themselves or the money she makes from them. What then does Isabelle hope to gain by offering her body up to the whims of strangers? a sleek and sexy coming-of-age drama, YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL heralds the coming of a new talent as guided by the masterful hand of one of cinema's most assured artists.