British distributors Artificial Eye have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray releases of Francois Truffaut's
Stolen Kisses,
The Soft Skin,
Bed and Board,
Anne and Muriel, and
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me.
Stolen Kisses
François Truffaut directs this madcap romantic comedy set in 1960s Paris. The third in a series of five films, the movie features Truffaut's cinematic alter-ego Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud) who, having received a dishonourable discharge from the army at the age of 20, works his way through a number of unsatisfactory jobs and transient relationships.
Special Features:
- Presentation of the film by critic Serge Toubiana
- Audio Commentary by actress Claude Jade and screenwriter Claude De Givray
- An appeal by Truffaut and Godard for French Cinema
STREET DATE: AUGUST 25TH.
The Soft Skin
French New Wave auteur Francois Truffaut directs this study of a Parisian affair. Jean Desailly stars as Pierre Lachenay, a successful middle-aged novelist and broadcaster who begins an affair with Nicole (Francoise Dorleac), a pretty young air hostess he meets on a flight to Lisbon while en route to deliver a lecture. Despite having little in common with Nicole, Pierre is enraptured and continues the affair on his return to France. But when his wife Franca (Nelly Benedetti) discovers his infidelity, she becomes consumed with a desire for revenge, and a tragic denouement unfolds.
Special Features:
- Presentation of the film by Serge Toubiana
- Audio Commentary by Jean- Louis Richard
- Original Theatrical Trailer
STREET DATE: AUGUST 25TH.
Bed & Board
François Truffaut's filmic alter ego, Antoine Doinel (first seen in 'Les Quatre Cents Coups'), is once again the subject in this fourth of a series of five films. Antoine experiences the early years of marriage, and faces fatherhood and adultery with a beautiful Japanese girl.
Special Features:
- Presentation of the film by critic Serge Toubiana
- Audio Commentary with actress Claude Jade and screenwriter Claude De Givray
- 'Antoine & Collette' - A 32 minute short film by Francois Truffaut
- Presentation of the short film by critic Serge Toubiana
- Audio Commentary of the short film by Marie-France Pisier
- Original theatrical trailer
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 15TH.
Anne and Muriel
François Truffaut's second adaptation of a Henri-Pierre Roche novel (the other being 'Jules et Jim') is also about a menage-à-trois, although this time set in nineteenth century Wales. Claude (Jean-Pierre Léaud), an aspiring young French writer, spends a holiday on the Welsh coast with an English family and falls in love with the two daughters, Ann (Kika Markham) and Muriel (Stacey Tendeter).
Special Features:
- Presentation of the film by critic Serge Toubiana
- Audio Commentary by screenwriter Jean Gruault
- Original Theatrical Trailer
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 15TH.
A Gorgeous Girl Like Me
A sociologist researching a book interviews murderess Camille, who tells him the story of her life. Put in a reform school as a child for suspected patricide, and later transferred to an orphanage, she escaped and tricked a young man called Clovis into marrying her. After attempting to kill Clovis' mother, she fled to Paris, where she began an affair with a night-club singer. Camille has left a trail of destruction and deceit in her wake, which now threatens to engulf the sociologist.
Special Features:
- Short Film: Les Mistons (The Mischief Makers)
- Presentation of the short film by critic Serge Toubiana
- Audio Commentary on the short film by Claude De Givray
- Theatrical Trailer
STREET DATE: SEPTEMBER 15TH.