Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (13 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) |
Series |
Criterion collection ; 429 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 429.
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System Details |
DVD, region 1, dual-layer; Dolby digital mono. |
Language |
In French, with optional English subtitles. |
Cast |
Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Marc Bory, Judith Magre, José Villalonga, Alain Cuny. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Henri Decae ; editing by Léonide Azar ; music by Brahms. |
Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958. |
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Special features (49 min.): interview with Malle by François Chalais & Jean-Pierre Fleury for "Cinépanorama" (1963, 10 min., b&w); interview with Malle by Angelika Wittlich (1994, 20 min., col.); interview with Moreau by Lise Eline for "Le journal télévisé" (1958, 3 min., b&w); interview with Moreau by Jacques Nahum & Raoul Sangla for "Tête d'affiche" (1972, 6 min., col.); Interview with Villalonga by France Roche for "Cinépanorama" (1958, 6 min., b&w); interview with Vilmorin by Jacques Nahum for "Démons et merveilles du cinéma" (1965, 4 min., b&w); "U.S. release" gallery, presenting an overview of the charges of obscenity leveled against the film in America & the resulting promotional materials that amplified the film's scandalous reputation. |
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Booklet includes an essay by film historian Ginette Vincendeau ("Succès de scandale"). |
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"New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the complete, uncensored version"--Container. |
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"Enhanced for 16:9 televisions"--Disc label. |
Summary |
A restless bourgeois French woman finds her eye wandering from both her husband and her lover to an attractive passing stranger. |
Note |
Special features: Widescreen ehnanced for 16:9 televisions; Selection of archival interviews with director Louis Malle, actors Jeanne Moreau and Jose Luis de Villalonga, and writer Louise de Vilmorin; Gallery of promotional material from the U.S. release ; A new essay by film historian Ginette Vincendeau. |
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For specific features see interactive menu. |
Subject |
Sex -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Adultery -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Man-woman relationships -- 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 |
Fiction films.
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Feature films France.
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Motion pictures, French.
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Added Author |
Malle, Louis, 1932-1995.
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Vilmorin, Louise de, 1902-1969.
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Leriche, Irénée.
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Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-
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Bory, Jean-Marc, 1934-2001.
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Magre, Judith.
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Vilallonga, José Luis de.
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Cuny, Alain.
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Decae, Henri.
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Azar, Léonide, 1900-
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Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.
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Vincendeau, Ginette, 1948-
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Chalais, François, 1919-
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Fleury, Jean-Pierre.
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Wittlich, Angelika.
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Nahum, Jacques.
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Roche, France.
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Lux Compagnie cinématographique de France.
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Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Added Title |
Lovers |
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Amants |
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Amants (Motion picture)
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Succès de scandale.
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Standard No. |
715515029629 |
Music No. |
CC1751D Criterion Collection |
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