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Summary:

A hypnotic tale of love at the roulette wheel as a compulsive gambler falls in love with a bank clerk on holiday.

Contributors:

Demy, Jacques , screenwriter, film director

Decharme, Paul-Edmond, 1907-1984 , film producer

Moreau, Jeanne, 1928-2017 , actor

Mann, Claude , actor

Guers, Paul , actor

Nassiet, Henri, 1895-1977 , actor

Certes, André, 1909-1989 , actor

Rabier, Jean, 1927-2016 , director of photography

Evein, Bernard, 1929-2006 , costume designer, production designer

Cotret, Anne-Marie , film editor

Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019 , composer

Janus Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Cinémathèque française , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Ciné Tamaris (Firm) , presenter, production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pre, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Criterion Collection (Firm) , film distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/fds

Languages:

French
English

Language Notes:

French dialogue; English subtitles.

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 713

Criterion collection; [volume] 715

Essential Jacques Demy

Alternate Titles:

English title on container: Bay of angels

Subjects:

Gambling — Drama

Man-woman relationships — France — Drama

Gambling

Man-woman relationships

France

Genres:

Motion pictures

New wave films

Musical films

Melodramas (Motion pictures)

Fantasy films

Feature films

Fiction films

Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Motion pictures — France

French language films

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

Blu-ray: NTSC, region A, widescreen presentation, monaural, 1.66:1 aspect ratio, requires Blu-ray player.

Performers:

Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Claude Mann, Paul Guers, Henri Nassiet, André Certes, Nicole Chollet, Georges Alban, Conchita Parodi, Jacques Moreau, André Canter, Jean-Pierre Lorrain.

Production Credits:

Cinematographer, Jean Rabier ; costume and production designer, Bernard Evein ; editor, Anne-Marie Cotret ; music, Michel Legrand.

General Notes:

Released as part of the Essential Jacques Demy collection.
Originally released as motion picture in 1963.
Special features: Cinépanorama (1962 episode of the French television show features an interview with actor Jeanne Moreau on the set of Bay of angels); Marie Colmant (2013 interview with journalist Marie Colmant, coauthor of the book Jacques Demy, explores the director's affection for outcasts); Restoration demonstration; Trailer.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (84 min.) : Blu-ray, DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; LPCM 1.0

Video Characteristics:

laser optical; NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; region A

Call Numbers:

BAI 1963 BLU

ISBNs:

9781604658613
1604658614
9781604658590 (set)
1604658592 (set)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515119016 (set)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2376BDDVD (set)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2376BDDVD-3 (Bay of angels Blu-ray)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC2376BDDVD-4 (Bay of angels DVD)

OCLC Numbers:

1053455098
884452919 [Invalid]