Tess Blu-ray
HomeTess Blu-ray
Posted October 12, 2012 06:29 PM by Webmaster
French distributors Pathe have officially announced that they will release on Blu-ray director Roman Polanski's Tess (1979), starring Nastassja Kinski, Peter Firth and Leigh Lawson. The release will be available for purchase in France on December 5th.
Winner of three Oscar Awards, Tess was recently restored in 4K by Pathe/Eclair Group and Le Diapason. The 4K restoration was supervised by director Roman Polanski, and presented in the Classics section of the Cannes Film Festival.
Set in 19th Century England where a peasant discovers that his family are descendants from a noble family, the d'Urbervilles. He sends his daughter Tess to live with a rich cousin, Alec d'Urberville. She has a baby by him but it dies in infancy. Tess then runs away and on the way meets a pastor's son, Angel, with whom she falls in love and marries. When she tells Angel about her past he is unable to forgive and goes off to Brazil. Tess then goes back to Alec. But when Angel returns home, Tess kills her lover, Alec, in order to be with the only man she has ever loved, Angel.
Special Features:
Winner of three Oscar Awards, Tess was recently restored in 4K by Pathe/Eclair Group and Le Diapason. The 4K restoration was supervised by director Roman Polanski, and presented in the Classics section of the Cannes Film Festival.
Set in 19th Century England where a peasant discovers that his family are descendants from a noble family, the d'Urbervilles. He sends his daughter Tess to live with a rich cousin, Alec d'Urberville. She has a baby by him but it dies in infancy. Tess then runs away and on the way meets a pastor's son, Angel, with whom she falls in love and marries. When she tells Angel about her past he is unable to forgive and goes off to Brazil. Tess then goes back to Alec. But when Angel returns home, Tess kills her lover, Alec, in order to be with the only man she has ever loved, Angel.
Special Features:
- Once upon a time there was...Tess: Documentary film by Serge July and Daniel Albin
- Making of featurettes:
- Tess: From novel to film
- Tess: The shooting process
- Tess: The adventure
- Original Trailer for the film
- 16-page illustrated booklet