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(aka "La faille" or "Weak Spot" or "La smagliatura" or "Der dritte Grad")
Directed by Peter Fleischmann
France /
Italy / Germany 1975
Ugo Tognazzi (La grande bouffe) is an innocent playboy holiday rep in Greece who is picked up by two secret agents (Michel Piccoli, Le Mépris and Mario Adorf, The Italian Connection). Suspected of being part of an underground resistance, he is to be transported by the agents to Athens where he will be interrogated by superior officers. Their journey is the start of a cat-and-mouse game that beautifully plays on Tognazzi’s screen persona with the thrilling tension of Costa-Gavras’ Z. Newly restored in 4K by Studio Canal, Peter Fleischmann’s paranoid thriller is made available on Blu-ray for the first time. *** At its heart, the story follows a seemingly ordinary man thrust into a nightmare of accusations and captivity. Two officers transport him on an increasingly uncertain journey, and the dynamic between the three characters becomes a focal point. The protagonist's quiet resilience contrasts with the officers' volatile mix of hostility. Their conversations and power plays create a layered exploration of trust, manipulation, and survival under a system built on fear. Excerpt from Overly Honest Reviews located HERE |
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Theatrical Release: June 18th, 1975
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Review: Radiance Films - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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Distribution | Radiance Films - Region FREE - Blu-ray | |
Runtime | 1:51:12.207 | |
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1.66 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 42,622,657,106 bytesFeature: 34,796,848,512 bytes Video Bitrate: 37.29 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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LPCM Audio French
2304 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 2304 kbps / 24-bit Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / DN -30dB |
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Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Radiance Films
1.66 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 42,622,657,106 bytesFeature: 34,796,848,512 bytes Video Bitrate: 37.29 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
Edition Details: • Audio commentary by critic Travis Woods (2024) • Archival TV interview with Michel Piccoli discussing Weak Spot (1975, 4:52) • Soundtrack expert Lovely Jon discusses the Ennio Morricone score (2024, 26:20) Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Kat Ellinger. Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
Transparent Blu-ray Case inside sleeve Chapters 12 |
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On their
Blu-ray,
Radiance Films linear PCM 2.0 channel track (24-bit) in the
original French language. Weak Spot
has few aggressive moments that come through with unremarkable depth,
The audio is notable for the score by
the great
Ennio Morricone (The
Cold Eyes of Fear, Grand
Slam,
Revolver, The
Great Silence,
Who
Saw Her Die?,
Bluebeard,
The
Black Belly of the Tarantula,
The
Fifth Cord, Luna,
Danger Diabolik,
Two Mules For Sister Sara,
A
Bullet for the General,
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!,
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion,
The French Conspiracy,
U Turn,
Stay As You Are etc. etc.)
sounding clean with burgeoning tension, supporting a sense of
uneasiness. Radiance Films offer optional English subtitles on their
Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The Radiance Films
Blu-ray
Peter Fleischmann's Weak Spot
echoes Kafka's
The Trial, some of the Czech New Wave (Larks
on a String,) Gilliam's
Brazil or Orwell's
1984. There are themes of unjust oppression, deserved paranoia,
trust, manipulation, psychological pressure, inhumanity, suffocating
bureaucracy - in an unspecified totalitarian state (filmed in Greece.)
Depending on how you look at it, Weak Spot
is part dark, sardonic, comedy / part morose despondent tragedy. Part
thriller - part political satire. It's a thought-provoking film with
pervasive authoritarianism as a central focus. The Radiance Blu-ray
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