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DVD

Burning palms

Call Number

  • DVD DRAMA (EAS)

Languages

In English, with optional Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Adriana Barraza, Lake Bell, Jamie Chung, Shannen Doherty, Robert Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, Peter Macdissi, Dylan McDermott, Anson Mount, Jon Polito, Zoe Saldana, Nick Stahl, Paz Vega, Emily Meade, Colleen Camp.

Publication Information

Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, 2011.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

MPAA rating: R; strong sexuality, violent including a rape, language and drug use.

Summary

Five stories so twisted, they could only take place in Los Angeles. A father's relationship with his precocious teenage daughter is too close for comfort for his fiancee. A woman becomes undone by her boyfriend's kinky bedroom request. A gay couple brings home the ultimate lifestyle accessory: an African child. An unsupervised young boy leads his brothers in disturbing games. A lonely woman confronts her attacker with a bizarre request.

Notes

Title from container.

DVD release of the 2011 motion picture.

Subjects