Le plaisir
(DVD)

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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2008].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm).
Language
fre
ISBN
1604650605, 9781604650600
UPC
715515031523

Notes

General Note
Based on three stories by Guy de Maupassant.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
General Note
Bonus features: Introduction by filmmaker Todd Haynes (Far from heaven); English and German language versions of the opening narration; "From script to screen" a video essay featuring film scholar Jean-Piere Berthomé discussing the evolution of the director Max Ophuls's screenplay for Le plaisir; Interviews with actor Daniel Gélin, assistant director Tony Aboyantz, and set decorator Robert Christidès ; Essay by film critic Robin Wood (booklet).
Creation/Production Credits
Music, Joe Hayos ; production design, D'Eaubonne ; production managers, F. Harispuru, Ben Barkay ; costumes, Annenkoff ; editors, Léonide Azar, Suzanne Rondeau.
Participants/Performers
Claude Dauphin, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud, Ginette Leclerc, Mila Parély, Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Brasseur, Jean Gabin, Jean Servais, Daniel Gélin, Simone Simon, Amédée, Paul Azaïs, Balpétré, René Blancard, Gaby Bruyère, Mathilde Casadesus, Henri Crémieux, Arthur Devére, Paulette Dubost, Jean Galland, Jocelyn Jany, Robert Lombard, Héléna Manson, Marcel Perés, Jean Meyer, Louis Seigner, Michéle Vadet, Jeanine Vienot, Charles Vissiéres, Janine Yselle..
Description
An aging man hides behind a mask to meet ladies, a madame takes her girls to a communion, and a painter falls for his model in these stories of life, love, pleasure, and death.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Language
French with optional English subtitles.
Local note
DVD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Ophuls, M., Dauphin, C., Morlay, G., Renaud, M., Leclerc, G., Parély, M., Darrieux, D., Brasseur, P., Gabin, J., Servais, J., Gélin, D., Simon, S., & Maupassant, G. d. (2008). Le plaisir (Full screen ; Special édition.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Max Ophuls et al.. 2008. Le Plaisir. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Max Ophuls et al.. Le Plaisir Criterion Collection, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Ophuls, Max, et al. Le Plaisir Full screen ; Special édition., Criterion Collection, 2008.

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