Sundays and Cybèle blu-ray] / directed by Serge Bourguignon ; produced by Romain Pines ; screenplay by Serge Bourguignon and Antoine Tudal ; dialogue bySerge Bourguignon and Bernard Eschasseriaux.
Format:
blu-ray] /
Edition:
Blu-ray special edition ; Blu-ray edition ; widescreen.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
c2014
Description:
1 videodisc (111 min.) : Blu-ray, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Based on the novel "Les dimanches de Ville d'Avray" by Bernard Eschasseriaux. Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. Special features: Serge Bourguignon (the director discusses the making of the film and his relationship to his contemporaries in the French New Wave); Patricia Gozzi (the actress recalls appearing in her first starring role at age twelve and the special relationship she had with her costar, Hardy Krüger); Hardy Krüger (the actor discusses the obstacles encountered during preproduction, his relationship with actor Patricia Gozzi, and why the film occupies a special place in his heart); Le sourire (1960, 22 min.) (Bourguignon's Palme d'Or-winning short documentary, narrated by actor Michel Bouquet); Trailer. Insert features an essay by critic Ginette Vincendeau. Hardy Krüger, Nicole Courcel, Patricia Gozzi, Daniel Ivernel, André Oumansky, Anne-Marie Coffinet, René Clermont, Malka Ribovska, Jocelyne Loiseau, Renée Duchateau, Raymond Pélissier, Martine Ferrière, Maurice Garrel, Marie-France Anglade, Albert Hughes, Florence Blot, Gilbert Edard, Denise Peron, Bibiane Stern, Lisette Le Bon, Paul Bonifas, Pierre Mirat, Michel de Ré.
Summary:
A psychologically damaged war veteran and a neglected child begin a startlingly intimate friendship, one that ultimately ignites the suspicion and anger of his friends and neighbors in suburban Paris. It becomes a stirring contemplation of an alliance between two troubled souls.
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