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Carla's Song' (1996) - Blu-ray pre-order available from
Powerhouse direct - £15.99
Release date: April 19
"The first collaboration between director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty – a relationship which now extends to fifteen feature films and shorts, including My Name Is Joe and I, Daniel Blake – Carla’s Song tells the story of George (Robert Carlyle, Trainspotting), a Glaswegian bus driver, and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a Nicaraguan refugee. Set in 1987, the film follows the pair as they meet, fall in love, and travel to Nicaragua in search of Carla’s former lover, a possible victim of the civil war."
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
- High Definition remaster
- Original stereo audio
- Audio commentary with director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty (2005)
- Keeping Up Appearances (2021): new interview with producer Sally Hibbin
- Two Worlds Collide (2021): new interview with editor Jonathan Morris
- Tuning in to Nicaragua (2021): new interview with composer George Fenton
- Background to the Art (2021): new interview with art director Fergus Clegg
- Sounds of Music (2021): new interview with sound recordist Ray Beckett
- Keeping Up Appearances (2021): new interview with script supervisor Susanna Lenton
- Deleted scenes
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with a new essay by Michael Pattison, an extract from Paul Laverty’s introduction to his screenplay, Ken Loach on recutting the film, an extract from a report on the Nicaraguan premiere, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition of 3,000 copies
