Radiance: First Look at New 4K Restoration of Themroc

Radiance has provided a promotional trailer for the recent 4K restoration of Claude Faraldo's Themroc (1973), starring Michel Piccoli, Béatrice Romand, Marilù Tolo, Francesca Romana Coluzzi, and Jeanne Herviale. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on May 20.

Michel Piccoli (Belle de Jour) leads a dull life. One day, after an unearned run-in with his boss, the usually docile Themroc rebels and dismantles his myopic world. Made on a shoestring budget with no intelligible dialogue, Claude Faraldo's cult taboo-busting satire about a French blue-collar worker-turned-urban caveman anarchically eviscerates mid-century labour and gender politics. Never released on disc in the UK, Themroc may be familiar to British audiences from Channel 4's infamous Red Triangle showings, intended for adults only; now this savage satire can be seen again, newly presented on Blu-ray from a 4K restoration.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 4K RESTORATION from the original negative by StudioCanal
• Original uncompressed PCM mono audio
• Interview with critic David Thompson (2025)
• Interview with actor Michel Piccoli and director Claude Faraldo (1973)
• Interview with Manuela Lazic on Michel Piccoli (2025)
• Gallery
• Trailer
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Smith
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Alison Smith, author of French Cinema in the 1970s The echoes of May
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
• REGION-A/B "LOCKED"

U.S. STREET DATE: MAY 19.
UK STREET DATE: MAY 18.