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Le plaisir /

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An aging man hides behind a mask to meet ladies, a madame takes her girls to a communion, and a painter falls for his model in these stories of life, love, pleasure, and death.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Criterion Collection (Firm), Gaumont (Firm), Stera Film, Janus Films
Other Authors: Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957, Natanson, Jacques, 1901-1975, Azaïs, Paul, 1903-1974, Galland, Jean, 1887-1967, Bruyère, Gaby, 1924-1978, Dauphin, Claude, 1903-1978, Morlay, Gaby, 1893-1964, Renaud, Madeleine, 1900-1994, Leclerc, Ginette, 1912-1992, Parély, Mila, 1917-2012, Darrieux, Danielle, 1917-2017, Casadesus, Mathilde, 1921-1965, Balpetré, Antoine, 1898-1963, Blancard, René, 1897-1965, Crémieux, Henri, 1896-1980, Seigner, Louis, Brasseur, Pierre, 1905-1972, Gabin, Jean, 1904-1976, Servais, Jean, 1910-1976, Gélin, Daniel, Simon, Simone, Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Language Notes:French with optional English subtitles.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection : Janus Films, [2008]
Edition:Fullscreen ed.; Special ed.
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 444.
Subjects:
Pleasure > Drama.
Compromise (Ethics) > Drama.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, French.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:An aging man hides behind a mask to meet ladies, a madame takes her girls to a communion, and a painter falls for his model in these stories of life, love, pleasure, and death.
Item Description:Title from container.
Based on three stories by Guy de Maupassant.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Bonus features: Introduction by filmmaker Todd Haynes (Far from heaven) ; English and German language versions of the opening narration ; From script to screen: a video essay featuring film scholar Jean-Piere Berthomé discussing the evolution of the director Max Ophuls's screenplay for Le plaisir ; interviews with actor Daniel Gélin, assistant director Tony Aboyantz, and set decorator Robert Christidès ; a new essay by film critic Robin Wood (booklet)
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format:DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dobly digital mono; 1.33:1 aspect ratio; new, restored high-definition digital transfer.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Directors of photography, Christian Matras and Philippe Agostini ; editor, Léonide Azar ; music, Joe Hajos.
ISBN:1604650605
9781604650600