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Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne = The ladies of the Bois de Boulogne / Janus Films ; Les Films Raoul Ploquin présentent ; un film de Robert Bresson ; scénario et adaptation de Robert Bresson ; dialogue de Jean Cocteau ; directeur de production, Robert Lavallée.
LIBRA DVD 010 730
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
- Criterion collection ; 183.
- The Criterion collection ; 183
- The Classic collection
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Prostitutes.
- Manners and customs.
- France.
- France--Social life and customs--Drama.
- Prostitutes--France--Drama.
- Diderot, Denis, 1713-1784--Film adaptations.
- Diderot, Denis.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Feature films.
- Romance films.
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne
- Place of Publication:
- [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, 2003.
- Language Note:
- French soundtrack.
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby digital mono.
- digital
- optical
- mono
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- "Realizing that her lover (Jean) is losing interest in her, a society lady (Helene) gets revenge by tricking him into marrying a former prostitute (Agnes). After the wedding Helene tells a stunned Jean about his wife's secret past, but the ending has more than one surprise twist."
- Participant:
- Paul Barnard, Maria Casarès, Elina Labourdette, Lucienne Bogaert, Jean Marchat.
- Credits:
- Images de Philippe Agostini; montage, Jean Feyte; musique de Jean-Jacques Grünenwald.
- Notes:
- Based on an episode in Jacques le fataliste et son maître / Denis Diderot.
- Special features: stills gallery featuring rare behind-the-scenes photos; essays by Francois Truffaut and David Thomson.
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1944.
- ISBN:
- 0780026225
- OCLC:
- 51884983
- Publisher Number:
- 037429173626
- DAM050 The Criterion Collection
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