Married life
[written and directed by Agnès Varda; produced by Ciné-Tamaris]
- Resource Type:
- Blu-ray Video
- Edition:
- Blu-ray edition
- Creation:
- Content originally created in 1965 to 1966
- Publication:
- [New York, N. Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2020]
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- Summary:
- Le bonheur: Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker.
Les créatures: A novelist takes his pregnant wife to the French seaside to recover from the trauma of an auto accident which has scarred him and left her mute. He spends his time finishing a novel, using the townspeople as models for the story's characters.
Elsa la rose: Tells the story of the lifelong love of Parisian writers Louis Aragaon and Elsa Triolet. - Table of Contents:
- Le bonheur = Happiness / Ciné-Tamaris ; Mag Bodard présente ; écrit et réalisé par Agnès Varda ; un film d'Agnès Varda ; produit par Parc Film, Mag Bodard (1965 : 80 min. ; 1.66:1 ; color ; LPCM 2.0)
- Les créatures / Mag Bodard présente ; écrit et réalisé par Agnès Varda ; coproduction franco-suédoise Parc film, Mag Bodard, Madeleine films, Sandrew (1966 : 94 min. ; 2.35:1 ; black and white with color sequences ; LPCM 1.0)
- Elsa la rose (1966 ; 20 min. ; 1.37:1 ; black and white ; Dolby digital 1.0).
- Contributors:
- Varda, Agnès, 1928-2019 , film director, screenwriterBodard, Mag, 1916-2019 , film producerDrouot, Jean-Claude , actorDrouot, Claire , actorBoyer, Marie-France, 1938- , actorDeneuve, Catherine, 1943- , actorPiccoli, Michel, 1925-2020 , actorAragon, 1897-1982 , authorCiné Tamaris (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prnParc Film (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prnMadeleine Films , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prnSandrews (Firm : Stockholm, Sweden) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prnCriterion Collection (Firm) , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl
- Language Notes:
- French dialogue.
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- System Details:
- Blu-ray; region A, B, C; wide screen and full screen presentation; mono. ; requires Blu-ray player.
- Performers:
- Cast: Le bonheur: Jean-Claude Drouot, Clair Drouot, Sandrine Drouot, Olivier Drouot, Marie-France Boyer, Marcelle Favre-Bertin, Manon Lanclos, Sylvia Saurel, Marc Eyraud, Christian Riehl, Paul Vecchiali.
Cast: Les créatures: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Lucien Bodard, Eva Dahlbeck, Marie-France Mignal, Jacques Charrier.
Elsa la rose: featuring the words of Louis Aragon. - Production Credits:
- Le bonheur: photography, Claude Beausoleil, Jean-Louis Malige, Yves Agostini, Jean Rabier, Claude Zidi, Paul Bonis ; production design, Hubert Monloup, Charles Merangel, Joseph Gerhard ; editing, Janine Verneau, Danielle Grimberg, Maria Lourdes Osorio ; music, W.A. Mozart, Jean-Michel Defaye.
Les créatures: cinematography, Willy Kurant, William Lubtchansky, Jean Orjollet ; editors, Jeanine Verneau, Maria de Lourdes-Osorio ; music, Pierre Barbaud, Henry Purcell.
Elsa la rose: cinematography, Willy Kurant, William Lubtchansky. - General Notes:
- Title from disc label.
Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Issued in a boxed set entitled: The complete films of Agnès Varda.
Digitally restored.
Wide screen and full screen.
Bonus features: Introductions to Les créatures and Elsa la rose ; The two women of "Le bonheur" ; What is happiness? the people of Fontenay respond ; Bonheur: proper noun or concept ; Jean-Claude Drouot returns ; interview with Varda on Le bonheur ; Thoughts on "Le bonheur" ; segment from the 1964 television program Démons et merveilles du cinéma ; trailer for Le bonheur ; Varda on set. - Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (approximately 194 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; polychrome; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical; mono
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; Blu-ray; all regions
- Call Numbers:
- PN1993.5.F7 MAR 1965 BLU
- ISBNs:
- 9781681437361 (boxed set)
1681437368 (boxed set) - Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 715515247917 (boxed set)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC3164BD-5 (disc)
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection: CC3164BD (boxed set) - OCLC Numbers:
- 1176497329