Liliana Cavani's shocking masterpiece with Charlotte Rampling and Dirk Bogarde
NEW UNPUBLISHED 4K RESTORATION
"FORTY YEARS LATER, NIGHT PORTER RETAINS ITS POWER OF FASCINATION, ITS MEPHITICAL PERFUME. WHAT A FILM! WHAT A SUBJECT!"
THE FIGARO
Vienna, 1957. Max works as a night porter in a large hotel. One day Lucia arrives, traveling with her conductor husband. When their eyes meet, memories immediately come flooding back: a former SS officer, Max had a sadomasochistic relationship with Lucia while she was a prisoner in a concentration camp. Passion will soon resurface between the former executioner and his victim...
Directed by Liliana Cavani ( The Skin ), The Night Porter is a dive into the heart of human deviance served by an exceptional duo of actors, Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling, already dazzling in Luchino Visconti's The Damned . Deemed scandalous when it was released in 1974, the film shakes up decency through its phantasmagorical vision of a passion combining Eros and Thanatos, and ignoring all moral considerations. Provocative, fascinating and of great formal audacity, The Night Porter is to be rediscovered in its new 4K restoration.
NIGHT PORTER by Liliana Cavani
(1973 - Colors - 119 min)
New 4K restoration
Original version with French subtitles + French version
SUPPLEMENTS
. THE NIGHT PORTER: INTERVIEW WITH LILIANA CAVANI (37 mins – HD)
Director Liliana Cavani looks back on the genesis of her film and stresses the importance of bearing witness to this dark period in European history through cinema. An interview produced and directed by Roberta Licurgo.
. THE REALITY OF EMOTIONS: INTERVIEW WITH CHARLOTTE RAMPLING (30 mins – HD)
Actress Charlotte Rampling opens up about her taste for dark roles, talks about her relationship with Dirk Bogarde and discusses the difficult reception of The Night Porter . An interview produced and directed by Roberta Licurgo.
. ORIGINAL TRAILER
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BD 50 • HIGH DEFINITION MASTER • 1080/23.98p • AVC ENCODING
Original Version / French Version DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 • French Subtitles
1.85 format respected • Colors • Film duration: 119 mins
Released June 4, 2024
