Le Plaisir
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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)
1. A voice in the dark -- 2. The mask: at the ball -- 3. Identity revealed -- 4. Back home -- 5. The Tellier house: the women of the house -- 6. Disgruntled clients -- 7. Boredom breeds arguments -- 8. The journey begins -- 9. Something for nothing -- 10. The countryside with Joseph -- 11. Constance -- 12. Silent night -- 13. First communion -- 14. Joseph gets in trouble -- 15. The 3:55 -- 16. A celebratory return -- 17. The model: Jean and Joséphine -- 18. The fighting begins -- 19. Leaving -- 20. A desperate act -- 21. Color bars.
Paul Azaïs, Jean Galland, Gaby Bruyère, Claude Dauphin, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud, Ginette Leclerc, Mila Parély, Danielle Darrieux, Mathilde Casadesus, Balpétré, René Blancard, Henri Crémieux, Louis Seigner, Pierre Brasseur, Jean Gabin, Jean Servais, Daniel Gélin, Simone Simon.
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.
DVD ; NTSC ; Dobly digital mono ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio ; new, restored high-definition digital transfer.
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SERIES
Criterion collection
444.
LANGUAGE OPTIONS
French with optional English subtitles.
PUBLISHED
[New York, N.Y.] : Janus Films, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1604650605
9781604650600
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957.
Natanson, Jacques, 1901-1975.
Azaïs, Paul, 1903-1974.
Galland, Jean, 1887-1967.
Bruyère, Gaby, 1924-1978.
Dauphin, Claude.
Morlay, Gaby, 1893-1964.
Renaud, Madeleine, 1900-1994.
Leclerc, Ginette, 1912-1992.
Parély, Mila, 1917-
Darrieux, Danielle, 1917-
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.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Gaumont (Firm)
Stera Film.
Janus Films.
SUBJECTS
Pleasure -- Drama.
Compromise (Ethics) -- Drama.
Feature films.