Les Cousins

 ( Masters Of Cinema (vendor) ) 

• Les Cousins available on January 25 2024 from Zavvi for 16.59
  
• Les Cousins available on November 03 2023 from TheHut for 16.59
  
• EAN bar code 5060000403640 ξ1 registered January 25 2024
  
• EAN bar code 5060000403640 ξ2 registered November 03 2023
  
• Product category is DVD General

• Model EKA40364
  

Made barely a year after Claude Chabrol's debut Le Beau Serge Les Cousins featured the earlier film's same starring pair of Jean-Claude Brialy and Gérard Blain here reversing the good-guy/bad-guy roles of the previous picture. The result is a simmering venomous study in human temperament that not only won the Golden Bear at the 1959 Berlin Film Festival but also drew audiences in droves and effectively launched Chabrol's incredible fifty-year-long career. A gripping and urbane examination of city and country ambition and ease Les Cousins continues to captivate and shock audiences with its brilliant scenario the performances of Brialy and Blain and the assuredness of Chabrol's precocious directorial hand. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Claude Chabrol's breakthrough film in a beautiful new Gaumont restoration on Blu-ray and DVD for the first time in the UK. Special Features: Gorgeous new Gaumont restoration of the film in its original aspect ratio New and improved English subtitles Original theatrical trailer A 47-minute documentary about the making of the film L'Homme qui vendit la Tour Eiffel The Chabrol's 1964 short film A lengthy booklet with a new and exclusive essay by critic Emmanuel Burdeau; a new and exclusive translation of a rare text about actress Françoise Vatel provided for this release by its author the filmmaker and critic Luc Moullet; excerpts of interviews and writing by Chabrol; and more

^ Les Cousins, Masters of Cinema. Zavvi. EAN 5060000403640 (revised Jan 2024)
^ Les Cousins, Masters of Cinema. TheHut. EAN 5060000403640 (revised Nov 2023)