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A restless bourgeois wife finds her eye wandering from both her husband and her lover to an attractive passing stranger.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Janus Films, Nouvelles éditions de films (Firm), Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors: Malle, Louis, 1932-1995, Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017, Vilallonga, José Luis de, Cuny, Alain, Vilmorin, Louise de, 1902-1969
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Language Notes:In French with optional subtitles in English.
Published: [New York] : Criterion Collection, 2008.
Edition:Special ed.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 429.
Subjects:
Man-woman relationships > France > Drama.
Adultery > France > Drama.
Spouses > France > Drama.
Middle class > France > Drama.
Strangers > France > Drama.
France > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Erotic films.
Romance films.
Melodrama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
Erotic > Feature.
Romance > Feature.
Melodrama > Feature.
Description
Summary:A restless bourgeois wife finds her eye wandering from both her husband and her lover to an attractive passing stranger.
Item Description:Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer of the complete, uncensored version; selection of archival interviews with director Louis Malle, actors Jeanne Moreau and José Luis de Villalonga, and writer Louise de Vilmorin; gallery of promotional material from the U.S. release; new and improved English subtitle translation; plus, a new essay by film historian Ginette Vincendeau.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1, 16:9 enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.