Carlotta Films U.S. has officially announced and detailed its upcoming Blu-ray releases of Leos Carax's
Boy Meets Girl (1984), starring Denis Lavant, Mireille Perrier, Carroll Brooks, and Maïté Nahyr, and
The Night is Young a.k.a.
Mauvais Sang (1986), starring Juliette Binoche, Denis Lavant, Julie Delpy, Michel Piccoli, and Hans Meyer. The two releases will be available for purchase on November 18th.
Boy Meets Girl
Paris by night. Alex, 22, wants to become a filmmaker. He is fascinated by first times, and his girlfriend, Florence, has just left him for his best friend, Thomas. First break-up, first attempted murder: Alex tries to strangle Thomas, but gives up and wanders the streets. That evening, Mireille, a girl from provincial France who has come up to Paris to make commercials, is left by her boyfriend. Alex witnesses this separation. These two tormented souls run into each other at a party...
Boy Meets Girl, Leos Carax's first feature film, reveals an extreme sensitivity. This atypical masterpiece bluntly displays the social uneasiness of young adults suffering from the torments of their waning teenage years, echoing Carax's own blues and the disillusionment of the 80s generation. Glowing with a melancholic and nocturnal poetry through his brilliant, reference-crammed stage direction, Boy Meets Girl has revealed the director of Holy Motors and Mauvais Sang as a first-rate author and aesthete. Available for the first time on Blu-ray in a stunning new HD digital restoration!
Special Features:
- Denis Lavant's Screen Test (8 min).
- On Set: "In the Kitchen" (18 min).
- 2014 Restoration Trailer
Technical Specs:
DUAL LAYER • MASTERED IN HIGH DEFINITION • 1080/23.98p • AVC
French 1.0 DTS-HD Master Audio • English Subtitles
1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio • Black and White • Running Time: 104 Minutes
Mauvais Sang
Marc and Hans, two old gangsters, plan to steal the vaccine for a mysterious virus, STBO, which affects those who make love without being in love and is wreaking havoc among teenagers. After the death of their associate Jean, the two accomplices call on his son, Alex, known as "Chatterbox", who is a talented conjuror. Alex, who has just left his girlfriend Lise, falls madly in love with a girl in a white dress he sees on a bus. Her name is Anna and she turns out to be Marc's mistress...
Leos Carax's second movie
Mauvais Sang is a stunning masterpiece, midway between a thriller and a romantic tale, which multiplies references to master filmmakers (Godard in particular) and seduces with its poetry and lyricism. This emblematic film of 80s French cinema established Leos Carax as one of its most talented directors, twenty-six years before Holy Motors. Starring Denis Lavant, Michel Piccoli and Juliette Binoche, Mauvais Sang is available for the first time on Blu-rayin a stunning new HD digital restoration!
Special Features:
- Outtakes and Rushes (20 min).
- Deleted Scene (5 min).
- Original Trailer
- 2013 Restoration Trailer
Plus:
- "Mr. X, A Vision of Leos Carax" - an exclusive documentary directed by Tessa Louise-Salome
An immersive and dreamlike portrait of director Leos Carax inspired by his singular artistic vision. By means of exclusive archival materials, interviews with his closest collaborators (such as Denis Lavant), and excerpts from his favorite films, this documentary attempts to put together a few pieces of the Carax puzzle. (2014 – COLOR + B&W – 73 MINUTES).
Technical specs:
DUAL LAYER • MASTERED IN HIGH DEFINITION • 1080/23.98p • AVC
French 1.0 DTS-HD Master Audio • English Subtitles
1.66:1 Original Aspect Ratio • Color + Black and White • Running Time: 119 Minutes