Our DVD this month is Life of Pi, which was released in 2012. It’s directed by Taiwan’s Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility, Brokeback Mountain, Taking Woodstock) and based on the novel of the same name by Canada’s Yann Martel. The stars are India’s Suraj Sharma, an untried actor who went to the audition “for fun,” and a tiger. They have to live together on a small lifeboat after their ship (which carried Pi’s family and the animals in their zoo) sinks. Pi is an abbreviation of “Piscine,” the hero’s embarrassing French name...
(Speak Up + DVD is available at newsstands. Price: € 14.90)