La poison /
After thirty years together, a village gardener and his wife find themselves contemplating how to do away with each other, with the former even planning how he'll negotiate his eventual criminal trial.
| Uniform Title: | Poison (Motion picture : 1951) |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , , , , |
| Format: | Video Blu-ray Disc |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | French dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Published: |
[New York] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2017]
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| Edition: | Blu-ray special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
891. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: | After thirty years together, a village gardener and his wife find themselves contemplating how to do away with each other, with the former even planning how he'll negotiate his eventual criminal trial. |
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| Item Description: | Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1951. Wide screen. High-Definition. Special features: New interview with filmmaker Olivier Assayas on director Sacha Guitry's influence on French cinema; On life on-screen: miseries and splendour of a monarch, a 60-minute documentary from 2010 on the collaboration of Guitry and Michel Simon; plus: an essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau and a 1957 obiturary for Guitry by François Truffaut. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet. |
| Format: | Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player. |
| Production Credits: | Music and songs, Louiguy ; cinematography, Jean Bachelet ; edited by Raymond Lamy ; production design by Robert Dumesnil. |
| ISBN: | 9781681433455 1681433451 |