6.4 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
In rural England in the 1840s, three sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, live a simple life with their brother, Branwell, and their father, the pastor Patrick Brontë. Although urged to find posts as governesses or private tutors, the four loyal siblings continue to nurture their artistic aspirations. Branwell's poems are beginning to interest other writers, and each of the three sisters has published a novel, but then tragedy, including disease and heartache, befalls them.
Starring: Isabelle Adjani, Marie-France Pisier, Isabelle Huppert, Pascal Greggory, Patrick Magee (I)Foreign | 100% |
Period | Insignificant |
Drama | Insignificant |
Biography | Insignificant |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.66:1
French: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
French SDH, English
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region free
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 3.0 | |
Overall | 4.0 |
Nominated for the prestigious Palme d'Or Award, Andre Techine's "Les soeurs Bronte" a.k.a "The Bronte Sisters" (1979) arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of French distributors Gaumont. The supplemental features on the disc include the film's original theatrical trailer and a documentary film directed by Dominique Maillet. In French, with optional English and French SDH subtitles for the main feature. Region-Free.
Isabelle Adjani as Emily Bronte
Presented in an aspect ratio of 1.66:1, encoded with MPEG-4 AVC and granted a 1080p transfer, Andre Technie's The Bronte Sisters arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of French distributors Gaumont.
Generally speaking, detail is very good, while clarity is pleasing. Arguably the biggest upgrade in quality, however, is in the area of color reproduction. The cold and subdued colors no longer look washed out and fuzzy, and now one can easily understand what type of atmosphere Andre Techine and cinematographer Bruno Nuytten were trying to sustain throughout the entire film. Furthermore, there are no traces of problematic sharpening corrections. Some careful noise corrections have been performed, but light grain is retained and detail isn't compromised (I assume that like previous Gaumont restorations, for this one the elements the restorers had to work with had some limitations). There are no serious compression issues either. Lastly, there are no big damage marks, cuts, scratches, or splices. (Note: This is a Region-Free Blu-ray disc. Therefore, you will be able to play it on your PS3 or SA regardless of your geographical location. For the record, there is no problematic PAL or 1080/50i content preceding the disc's main menu).
There is only one audio track on this Blu-ray disc: French DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. For the record, Gaumont have provided optional English and French SDH subtitles for the main feature.
The lossless tracks opens up the film quite well. The classical score in particular benefits a great deal (there are short but prominent themes). The dialog is crisp, stable, and easy to follow. Also, there are no problematic pops, high-frequency distortions, or audio dropouts. The English translation is excellent.
I have never owned a good DVD release of Andre Techine's The Bronte Sisters. The only one I was able to locate some time ago actually came from Russia, but it was essentially a VHS transfer placed on a DVD. Needless to say, the quality was horrendous. This new Blu-ray release by Gaumont is quite the revelation. It does not match the quality of their recent restorations of Jean Renoir's French Cancan and Elena and Her Men, but the presentation is still very good. RECOMMENDED.
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