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(aka 'Story of Women')
France 1988
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From acclaimed director Claude Chabrol (La Cérémonie, Merci pour le chocolat) comes the compelling true story of working-class housewife Marie (Isabelle Huppert, The Piano Teacher, 8 Women), who performs illegal abortions in France during World War II, evading the Nazis, and betraying those she loves. Brought to life by Chabrol on actual locations, Story of Women is an honest, original, and utterly absorbing film, which won Isabelle Huppert Best Actress honors at the Venice Film Festival. |
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Theatrical Release: September 18th, 1988
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DVD Review: Home Vision Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC
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| Distribution | Home Vision Entertainment - Region 1 - NTSC | |
| Runtime | 1:47:32 | |
| Video | 1.72:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 6.82 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes. |
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| Audio | French (Dolby Digital 2.0) | |
| Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information:
Edition Details: • Scene
commentary by director Claude Chabrol |
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Like HVE's other Chabrol DVDs
(La
Cérémonie, and
Masques)
this is an excellent transfer that I suspect is a licensed port of the
MK2 (which I'm not sure has English subtitles). It again states on the
box as being 1.66, like the others, but in actuality is around 1.72, so
we may be losing a small amount of the image. Great colors, sharp, no
manipulation visible, excellent subtitles and quite extensive extras
with the Chabrol select scene commentary and two interviews - its a
wonder that this didn't get bounced up to the Criterion label and garner
a coveted spine #.
I think this is one of the films that really landed Huppert on the map for a lot of people (although she had done almost 40 films prior to this). Easily one of Chabrol's best films and a strong recommendation. |
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Agnes Varda by Alison Smith | Godard on Godard : Critical Writings by Jean-Luc Godard |
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by Guy Austin |
Robert Bresson (Cinematheque Ontario Monographs, No.
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The Art of Cinema by Jean Cocteau |
French New Wave
by Jean Douchet, Robert Bonnono, Cedric Anger, Robert Bononno |
French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present by Remi Fournier Lanzoni |
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