Blue Velvet

Terciopelo azul

English audio · Current release

College student Jeffrey Beaumont returns to his suburban hometown of Lumberton, North Carolina, after his father, Tom, has a near-fatal stroke. Walking home from the hospital, Jeffrey cuts through a vacant lot and discovers a severed human ear, which he takes to police detective John Williams. Williams's daughter Sandy tells Jeffrey that the ear somehow relates to a lounge singer named Dorothy Vallens.

Director

David Lynch

Starring

Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, Laura Dern

Why we call it English: mk2 credits David Lynch; US production, English-language (1986)