StudioCanal: Three Restored Classic Henri-Georges Clouzot Films Heading to Blu-ray (UPDATED)
HomeStudioCanal: Three Restored Classic Henri-Georges Clouzot Films Heading to Blu-ray (UPDATED)
Posted January 15, 2018 06:20 PM by Webmaster
StudioCanal have announced that they will release three fully restored classic films from Henri-Georges Clouzot: Quai Des Orfevres (1947), Le Corbeau (1943), and La Prisonnière. The three releases will. be available for purchase in March.
UPDATE: Bonus features for each release are now detailed below.
The current announcement does not list any special features, but we have confirmed that the upcoming releases will have such. (We hope to have complete details soon).
Quai des Orfèvres
Synopsis: A marriage that has fallen on hard times is further tested by the couple's implication in a murder. Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair) is a music hall chanteuse married to her pianist husband Maurice (Bernard Blier). Keen to get ahead, Jenny leaps at the chance when an ageing wealthy businessman (Charles Dullin) offers her the chance of some gigs. However, when she agrees to a meeting at his home and he is found dead later in the evening - Maurice's untamed jealousy is in the frame. A Maigret-esque detective, Antoine, played by Louis Jouvet leaves no stone unturned in his exceedingly private investigations of the down-at-heel showbiz couple's sad, tempestuous life.
Special Features and Specs:
Le Corbeau a.k.a. The Raven
Synopsis: Henri-George Clouzot's dark and subversive study of human nature stars Pierre Fresnay and Ginette Leclerc. A wave of hysteria sweeps the small provincial town of St Robin when a series of poison-pen letters signed 'Le Corbeau' (The Raven) appear denouncing several prominent members of society. Starting with the village doctor, the slow sinister trickle of letters soon becomes a flood and no one is safe from the malicious accusations, which include abortion and drug addiction. Beneath the town's respectful and calm surface lurks a darker side in which everyone is a suspect. With the townspeople afraid to accuse each other for fear of being accused, suspicion and hatred reach epidemic levels.
Special Features:
La Prisonnière a.k.a. Woman in Chains
Josée, the wife of artist Gilbert, falls under the charm of a gallery owner who photographs naked women in sometimes humiliating positions... Henri-George Clouzot's final film is a dark psychological thriller with a sultry atmosphere, starring Élisabeth Wiener, Laurent Terzieff, and Bernard Fresson.
Special Features:
UPDATE: Bonus features for each release are now detailed below.
The current announcement does not list any special features, but we have confirmed that the upcoming releases will have such. (We hope to have complete details soon).
Quai des Orfèvres
Synopsis: A marriage that has fallen on hard times is further tested by the couple's implication in a murder. Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair) is a music hall chanteuse married to her pianist husband Maurice (Bernard Blier). Keen to get ahead, Jenny leaps at the chance when an ageing wealthy businessman (Charles Dullin) offers her the chance of some gigs. However, when she agrees to a meeting at his home and he is found dead later in the evening - Maurice's untamed jealousy is in the frame. A Maigret-esque detective, Antoine, played by Louis Jouvet leaves no stone unturned in his exceedingly private investigations of the down-at-heel showbiz couple's sad, tempestuous life.
Special Features and Specs:
- BRAND NEW RESTORATION of the film
- Documentary - The Criminal Apogee of Henri Georges Clouzot
Le Corbeau a.k.a. The Raven
Synopsis: Henri-George Clouzot's dark and subversive study of human nature stars Pierre Fresnay and Ginette Leclerc. A wave of hysteria sweeps the small provincial town of St Robin when a series of poison-pen letters signed 'Le Corbeau' (The Raven) appear denouncing several prominent members of society. Starting with the village doctor, the slow sinister trickle of letters soon becomes a flood and no one is safe from the malicious accusations, which include abortion and drug addiction. Beneath the town's respectful and calm surface lurks a darker side in which everyone is a suspect. With the townspeople afraid to accuse each other for fear of being accused, suspicion and hatred reach epidemic levels.
Special Features:
- BRAND NEW RESTORATION of the film
- Documentary - The Cursed Masterpiece of Henri Georges Clouzot
La Prisonnière a.k.a. Woman in Chains
Josée, the wife of artist Gilbert, falls under the charm of a gallery owner who photographs naked women in sometimes humiliating positions... Henri-George Clouzot's final film is a dark psychological thriller with a sultry atmosphere, starring Élisabeth Wiener, Laurent Terzieff, and Bernard Fresson.
Special Features:
- BRAND NEW RESTORATION of the film
- Documentary - Rebellious
