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DVD Release Date: July 22, 2008

DVD Studio: Lions Gate


ABOUT THE BOXSET:
Andre Techine is regarded as one of the great contemporary French film directors to pick up the torch and carry it from Godard, Chabrol, and Truffaut. If you're a fan of intensely intimate foreign cinema, then the Andre Techine: 4-Film Collector's Edition from Lionsgate Entertainment should be right up your alley with a quartet of great examples of why Techine is regarded so highly. This collection concentrates on the Frenchman's output from 1981 until 1994, and includes two of his collaborations with actress and icon Catherine Deneuve (The Hunger). Techine uses a lot of style and often displays peripheral details that many directors would shy away from or edit out altogether. His passions include photography and capturing people on a real level. His films often utilize an Altman quality where he allows the actors freedom to improvise at points to make things ring truer.


CONTENTS:

4 feature films:

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DISC ONE
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HOTEL DES AMERIQUES (Hotel America) (Andre Techine; 1981, 95 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0082539/
An emotionally battered man (Dewaere) encounters a disillusioned woman (Deneuve) in a rundown cafe', they become lovers. But the more they try to forget their unfortunate past affairs and look toward to the future the more they begin to realize that such may not be possible. 

J'EMBRASSE PAS (I Don't Kiss) (Andre Techine; 1991, 115 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0102136/
A young provincial man (Blanc) arrives in Paris determined to make it big. He befriends an old gay man (Noiret) who attempts to warn him about the treacherous nature of show-business. The youngster falls for a beautiful prostitute (Beart) and ends up becoming a male companion as well.


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DISC TWO
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MA SAISON PREFEREE (My Favorite Season) (Andre Techine; 1993, 127 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0107471/
A brother (Auteuil) and sister (Deneuve) struggle to overcome personal issues but are drawn together after their mother (Villalonga) dies. They begin to slowly rediscover each other, what time has taken away from them.


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DISC THREE
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LES ROSEAUX SAUVAGES (Wild Reeds) (Andre Techine; 1994, 110 min.)
imdb.com/title/tt0111019/
A coming-of-age drama set during the Algerian War focusing on the lives of four teenagers with different goals in life. Maite Alvarez (Bouchez) is a communist sympathizer whose view on the world does not necessarily reflect that of her comrades. Francois Forestier (Morel) has realized that he isn't interested in girls, but will the boy he likes respond to his feelings? Serge Bartolo (Rideau) has lost his brother in the war -- is this a good time to fall in love? Henri Mariani (Gorny) despises the French and the oppressive regime they have imposed on Algeria but is drawn to Maite. Do principles come before love?


Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 7.55 + 4.04 + 4.02 GB - Exact Untouched Copy

Time (total): 452 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 (Wild Reeds) | 2.35:1 (all others) | Anamorphic (all)

Sound (main features): French DD.0

Subtitles: optional English | Spanish



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