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A Nos Amours (Criterion Collection)(2 disc)

 

 

Directed by Maurice Pialat

France 1983 / Drama  / Coming-of-Age / Psychological / 102 min / Color / Monaural / 1.66: 1 Widescreen Anamorphic / NTSC /  In French with Optional English Subtitles

 

Sandrine Bonnaire, Evelyne Ker, Dominique, Maurice Pialat, Maïté Maillé, Cyr Boitard, Cyril Collard

With his raw style of filmmaking, Maurice Pialat has been called the John Cassavetes of French cinema, and the scorching À nos amours is one of his greatest achievements. In a revelatory film debut, the dynamic, fresh-faced Sandrine Bonnaire plays Suzanne, a fifteen-year-old Parisian who embarks on a sexual rampage in an effort to separate herself from her overbearing, beloved father (played with astonishing magnetism by Pialat himself), ineffectual mother, and brutish brother. A tender character study that can erupt in startling violence, À nos amours is one of the high-water marks of eighties French cinema.

 
       

Bonus Features:

New, restored high-definition digital transfer
Original theatrical trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
New interviews with Catherine Breillat and Jean-Pierre Gorin
A 2003 interview with actor Sandrine Bonnaire
The Human Eye, a 1999 documentary on the film
Archival interview with Maurice Pialat on the set
Actor auditions