British label Nucleus Films has revealed that it is preparing a Blu-ray release of Christian Gion's film
The Garden of Torment a.k.a.
Le jardin des supplices (1976), starring Roger Van Hool, Jacqueline Kerry, Tony Taffin, Jean Rougeul, and Jean-Claude Carrière. The release is expected to arrive on the market later this year.
Synopsis: In the 1930s, a young doctor is forced to flee from Paris because he is involved in a drug scandal. On his way to China, he meets a beautiful, eccentric woman. After their arrival in China, she introduces him into a circle of decadent Europeans who have created a torture garden for their amusement. While the bored imperial upper class is torturing the locals, the revolution is rising. Cinematography by Lionel Legros (
Belle de jour).