Lorber
Films Releases Serge Bozon's acclaimed feature La France (2007) on DVD
Films Releases Serge Bozon's acclaimed feature La France (2007) on DVD
"
… one of
the strangest and most original war movies ever I've seen."
–
Roger
Ebert
Pascal Greggory and Sylvie Testud in La France
New York, NY – March 2, 2010 – Lorber
Films, a division of the recently formed Kino Lorber, is proud to
release La
France (2007), the latest film from acclaimed writer/director
Serge Bozon (Mods,
L'amitié) on DVD.
Films, a division of the recently formed Kino Lorber, is proud to
release La
France (2007), the latest film from acclaimed writer/director
Serge Bozon (Mods,
L'amitié) on DVD.
This
acclaimed "war film and musical, elegiac and avant-garde, cerebral and
poignant"
(Nathan Lee, The New York Times) feature film was an official selection
at the
2008 Cannes Film Festival, in the Director's Fortnight section, and won
the 2007
Prix Jean Vigo,
award given to a French film
director.
With a prebook date of March 9, 2010, La France
is setto become available
to regular consumers on April 6, 2010, with a SRP of $34.95.
An
intoxicating blend of wartime romance and brightly colored musical, the
film
depicts an original world "where Bresson meets the Beatles" (Variety).
French
farm girl Camille (Sylvie Testud) is awaiting news of her husband (the
late
Guillaume Depardieu), who is fighting at the front. After she receives
an
enigmatic letter ending their relationship, she dresses up as a boy and
joins a
wandering regiment in search of her estranged love. Skirting the edges
of
battlefields, the platoon haunts the screen like shell-shocked specters,
awakening for four uncannily beautiful musical numbers played on
homemade
string instruments. The tunes are disarmingly catchy 60s pop, an attempt
to
imagine utopia in the midst of hell.
farm girl Camille (Sylvie Testud) is awaiting news of her husband (the
late
Guillaume Depardieu), who is fighting at the front. After she receives
an
enigmatic letter ending their relationship, she dresses up as a boy and
joins a
wandering regiment in search of her estranged love. Skirting the edges
of
battlefields, the platoon haunts the screen like shell-shocked specters,
awakening for four uncannily beautiful musical numbers played on
homemade
string instruments. The tunes are disarmingly catchy 60s pop, an attempt
to
imagine utopia in the midst of hell.
A
striking vision that reaches for the sublime amidst the dehumanizing
horror of
war,
cinematography from Céline Bozon (Serge's sister) and a tour-de-force
performance from Sylvie Testud, it is a film "not to be missed" (Village
Voice).
Special Features:
Theatrical
Trailer · Song
Selection · Stills Gallery
(2007)
France / 102 min. / Color /
Letterboxed
(1.85:1)
Enhanced for 16×9 TVs
In French with optional English subtitles
In French with optional English subtitles
