Redemption Films have revealed that they are planning to bring to Blu-ray Alain Robbe-Grillet's
Trans-Europ-Express (1967), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marie-France Pisier, and Nadine Verdier, and
Successive Slidings of Pleasure (1974), starring Anicée Alvina, Olga Georges-Picot, Michael Lonsdale, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Michael Lonsdale. The two releases are expected to arrive on the U.S. market on February 11th.
Trans-Europ Express
A film director, Jean, his producer, Marc, and his assistant, Lucette, board the Trans-Europ-Express in Paris bound for Antwerp. Once in their compartment it occurs to them that the drama of life aboard the train presents possibilities for a film, and they begin to write a script about dope smuggling. Subsequently, they see actor Jean-Louis Trintignant walking through the station. As seen through the eyes of Jean, Marc, and Lucette, Trintignant becomes Elias, the chief character in the script. Elias is going to Antwerp to pick up a suitcase of cocaine for delivery to an international organization based in Paris.
Successive Slidings of Pleasure
A young woman is questioned by the police and the judges, suspected of being a modern witch. The girl who shared her apartment has been found dead, and a pair of scissors impaled through her heart, as she lay attached to the bedposts. Apparently, the girl does have powers, to make all people around her fall prey to her spell, glissing progressively into desire, lust, and the unknown.
Note: Earlier this year, Redemption Films announced that they have acquired the rights to five films directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet. In addition to
Trans-Europ-Express and
Successive Slidings of Pleasure, the U.S. distributors now also have in their catalog
The Man Who Lies (1968),
Eden and After (1970) and its alternative version
N. a pris les dés... (1971).