The immortal story /

A wealthy merchant in nineteenth century Macao becomes obsessed with bringing to life an oft-related anecdote about a rich man who gives a poor sailor a small sum of money to impregnate his wife.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Welles, Orson, 1915-1985 (Screenwriter, Actor), Vilmorin, Louise de, 1902-1969 (Screenwriter), Kurant, Willy, 1934-2021 (director of photography.), Satie, Erik, 1866-1925 (composer (expression)), Ciccolini, Aldo (Performer), Barbier, Jean-Joël, 1920-1994 (Performer), Cardin, Pierre, 1922-2020 (Costume designer), Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017 (Actor), Coggio, Roger (Actor), Eshley, Norman (Actor), Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English French
Language Notes:	English or French dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Published:	[New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]
Edition:	DVD edition.
Series:	Criterion collection ; 831.
Subjects:	Merchants > Portugal > Mação (Concelho) > Drama. Rich people > Portugal > Mação (Concelho) > Drama. Heirs > Portugal > Mação (Concelho) > Drama. Heirs. Merchants. Rich people. Portugal > Mação (Concelho) Foreign films. Motion pictures, French. Made-for-TV movies. Television adaptations. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama.

Description
Summary:	A wealthy merchant in nineteenth century Macao becomes obsessed with bringing to life an oft-related anecdote about a rich man who gives a poor sailor a small sum of money to impregnate his wife.
Item Description:	Title from title frame. Includes both English and French versions. Based on a novel by Isak Dinesen. Originally produced in 1968 and broadcast on French television; later released in theaters. Soundtrack uses recordings of the music of Erik Satie made by pianists Aldo Cicciolini and Jean-Joël Barbier. New, restored 4k digital transfer of the English-language version of the film. Special features: audio commentary from 2005 featuring film scholar Adrian Martin; Portrait: Orson Welles, a 1968, documentary directed by François Reichenbach and Frédéric Rossif; new interview with actor Norman Eshley; interview from 2004 with cinematographer Willy Kurant; new interview with Welles scholar François Thomas; essay by film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (58 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out booklet.
Format:	DVD; NTSC, region 1; widescreen (1.66:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital monaural.
Production Credits:	Piano pieces by Erik Satie ; peformed by Aldo Ciccolini, Jean-Joel Barbier ; director of photography, Willy Kurant ; editor, Yolande Maurette, Marcelle Pluet, Francoise Garnault, Claude Farny ; wardrobe by Pierre Cardin.
ISBN:	9781681431932 1681431939