| Edition |
DVD special ed. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (109 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (20 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
The Criterion collection ; 581 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 581.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC; Dolby digital mono.; region 1; full screen presentation (1.33:1 aspect ratio). |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Gérard Blain, Jean-Claude Brialy, Juliette Mayniel, Michèle Méritz, Guy Decomble, Genevieve Cluny, Claude Cerval. |
| Credits |
Photography, Henri Decaë ; editor, Jacques Gaillard ; music, Paul Misraki. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959. |
| Summary |
"Claude Chabrol crafts a sly moral fable about a provincial boy who comes to live with his sophisticated bohemian cousin in Paris. Through these seeming opposites, Chabrol conjures a piercing, darkly comic character study that questions notions of good and evil, love and jealousy, and success in the modern world. A mirror image of Le Beau Serge, Les Cousins recasts that film's stars, Jean-Claude Brialy and Gérard Blain, in startlingly reversed roles."--Container. |
| Note |
Special features: digital restoration ; audio commentary by film scholar Adrian Martin ; theatrical trailer ; booket featuring an essay by film critic Terrence Rafferty. |
| Subject |
Cousins -- Drama.
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Law students -- Drama.
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Jealousy -- Drama.
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Drama.
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Roommates -- Drama.
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Paris (France) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
New wave films.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- France.
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Foreign language films -- French.
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| Added Author |
Chabrol, Claude, 1930-2010. Producer. Screenwriter. Director.
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Gégauff, Paul, 1922-1983. Screenwriter.
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Misraki, Paul, 1908-1998. Composer.
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Blain, Gérard. Actor.
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Brialy, Jean-Claude. Actor.
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Mayniel, Juliette, 1936- Actor.
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Decomble, Guy, 1910-1964. Actor.
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Meritz, Michèle.
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Cluny, Geneviève, 1928- Actor.
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Gaumont (Firm)
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AJYM-Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781604654806 |
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1604654805 |
| Standard No. |
715515086615 |
| Music No. |
CC2057D Criterion Collection |
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