| Description |
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) |
| Series |
The Criterion Collection ; 430 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 430.
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| System Details |
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.66:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., high definition digital transfer. |
| Language |
In French with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Maurice Ronet, Lena Skerla, Yvonne Clech, Hubert Deschamps, Jean-Paul Moulinot, Mona Dol, Pierre Moncorbier, René Dupuis, Bernard Tiphaine, Bernard Noel, Ursula Kubler, Jeanne Moreau, Alain Mottet, François Gragnon, Romain Bouteille, Jaques Sereys, Alexandra Stewart, Claude Deschamps, Tony Taffin, Henri Serre. |
| Credits |
Music, Erik Satie ; piano, Claude Helffer ; assistant director, Philippe Collin ; production design, Bernard Evein ; sound, Guy Villette ; editor, Suzanne Baron. |
| Summary |
Alain Leroy is a self-destructive writer who is enduring a treatment in a private hospital because of his alcoholism. The doctor only sees the surface problem and declares it time for Alain to leave the hospital. Alain resolves to commit suicide, but first he goes to Paris and tries to reconnect with some old friends. |
| Note |
Special features: Archival interviews with director Louis Malle and actor Maurice Ronet; "Malle's Fire within", a new video program featuring interviews with actor Alexandra Stewart and filmmakers Philippe Collin and Volker Schlöndorff; "Jusqu'au 23 juillet" a 30 min. 2005 documentary short about the film and its source novel, Le feu follet, by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, featuring actor Mathieu Amalric, writer Didier Daeninckx, and Cannes festival curator Pierre-Henri Deleau; booklet features new essays by critic Michel Ciment and film historian Peter Cowie. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Subject |
Depressed persons -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Suicide -- France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Friendship -- France -- Paris -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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France -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (FRENCH), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films France.
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Motion pictures, French.
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Film adaptations.
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Fiction films.
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| Added Author |
Malle, Louis, 1932-1995, screenwriter, director.
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Cloquet, Ghislain, cinematographer.
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Queffelean, Alain, producer.
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Ronet, Maurice, 1927-1983, actor.
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Skerla, Léna, actor.
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Clech, Yvonne, 1920- actor.
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Deschamps, Hubert, actor.
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Moulinot, Jean-Paul, 1912-1989, actor.
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Dol, Mona, 1901-1990, actor.
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Moncorbier, Pierre, 1907-1978, actor.
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Dupuy, René, 1920- actor.
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Tiphaine, Bernard, 1938- actor.
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Noël, Bernard, 1924-1970, actor.
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Kübler, Ursula, actor.
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Moreau, Jeanne, 1928- actor.
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Mottet, Alain, actor.
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Gragnon, François, actor.
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Bouteille, Romain, actor.
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Sereys, Jacques, actor.
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Stewart, Alexandra, actor.
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Satie, Erik, 1866-1925, composer.
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Helffer, Claude, musician.
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Evein, Bernard, 1929-2006, artistic director.
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Baron, Suzanne, film editor.
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Drieu La Rochelle, Pierre, 1893-1945.
Feu follet.
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Janus Films.
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Lux Compagnie cinématographique de France.
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Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm)
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Fire within |
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Feu follet |
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Jusqu'au 23 juillet.
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Malle's Fire within.
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| ISBN |
9781604650389 |
| Standard No. |
715515029520 |
| Music No. |
CC1750D Criterion Collection |
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