Warner-France has revealed that it plans to release two films directed by Jean Renoir:
La Chienne a.k.a.
The Bitch (1931) and
Partie de campagne a.k.a.
A Day in the Country (1936). The
two-disc box set will be available for purchase on October 28.
A Day in the Country was recently restored in 2K in France. Digimage restored the film in Montrouge, while L.E. Diapason restored the monaural soundtrack in Epinay-sur-Seine. In the United States, the film is currently available on Blu-ray via the Criterion Collection. You can see our review of this release
here.
The Bitch was recently restored in 2K (from a 4K scan) by Digimage, while L.E. Diapason restored the monaural soundtrack. The 2K restoration was introduced at last year's edition of Cannes Classic by Les Films du Jeudi with the support of the CNC and the help of the Cinémathèque française and the Fonds Culturel Franco-Américain (DGA – MPA – SACEM – WGAW).