3 FILMS DIRECTED BY THE FREEST OF FRENCH ACTRESSES
AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BLU-RAY BOX SET
“THREE INFINITELY ENDEARING PORTRAITS OF WOMEN.”
TELERAMA
A famous actress, on stage as well as on screen, naturally gifted for a rich range of artistic expressions including song, Jeanne Moreau has profoundly marked the contemporary cultural landscape with her grace and talent. But do we know that the freest actress in French cinema also wrote and directed three films between 1976 and 1983? Restored at the initiative of the Jeanne Moreau Foundation, her two feature-length fiction films, Lumière and L'Adolescente , as well as her medium-length documentary Lillian Gish are to be discovered for the first time in a 2-piece Blu-ray™ Box Set!
Available in 2 Blu-ray or 3 DVD box set
> Includes an 80-page booklet
Hard case containing 1 3-flap digipack
New 4K and HD restorations
BLU-RAY 1
LIGHT * (1976 – Color – 102 min – New 4K Restoration)
Four actress friends discuss their emotional and professional journeys. They live intensely and face different concerns in turn, as women and actresses. Their strong complicity is embodied in the central figure of Sarah, the most famous of them…
SUPPLEMENTS
. FOR THE CINEMA: FILMING OF "LUMIÈRE" (13 mins)
Director: Pierre Mignot - © 1975 INA
Jeanne Moreau talks about her desire to direct while her actresses confide in her working methods.
. ORIGINAL TRAILER (HD)
THE TEENAGER * (1979 – Color – 94 min – New 4K Restoration)
July 14, 1939. Marie has just turned 12 and, like every year, she is getting ready to leave for the summer holidays to visit her paternal grandmother in central France. This summer will be marked by the discovery of love, while the shadow of war soon looms...
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. SHORT HISTORY OF OUR STARS: JEANNE MOREAU (17 mins)
Director: Jérôme Laperrousaz - © 1978 INA
Report on the filming of L'Adolescente with Jeanne Moreau, Simone Signoret and director of photography Pierre Gautard.
. CINÉ-REGARDS: THERE IS JEANNE (15 mins)
Director: Daniel Edinger - © 1978 INA
On the set of L'Adolescente , the filmmaker discusses the choice of actors and the filming location.
. PARTY ROOM: CINEMA (5 mins)
Director: Frédéric Carey • Co-author: Gilbert Kahn - © 1979 INA
In the middle of editing her second film, Jeanne Moreau talks about her dual role as actress and director and her connection with the actors.
BLU-RAY 2
LILLIAN GISH** (1983 – Color and B&W – 59 min – New HD Restoration)
In this tribute portrait, Jeanne Moreau meets Lillian Gish. The American silent film star looks back on her career since her debut in 1913 and her passion for the seventh art, driven by an insatiable curiosity...
SUPPLEMENTS
. LONG LIVE CINEMA!: JEANNE MOREAU AND ORSON WELLES (31 mins)
Director: Jacques Rozier • Co-authors: André Labarthe, Janine Bazin & Barbet Schroeder - © 1972 INA
During a dinner, the two friends Jeanne Moreau and Orson Welles meet and share childhood and cinema memories.
. INTERVIEW WITH CLINT EASTWOOD (22 mins)
Cannes interview conducted by Jeanne Moreau with the American director, producer and actor Clint Eastwood, then president of the jury of the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.
. TRAILER FOR THE RETROSPECTIVE "JEANNE MOREAU, FILMMAKER" (HD)
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THE UNPUBLISHED BOOKLET (80 PAGES)
Written by Jean-Claude Moireau, photographer and official biographer of Jeanne Moreau, and illustrated with numerous photos from the films.
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2 BD • HIGH DEFINITION MASTERS • 1080/23.98p • AVC ENCODING
French Version* / Original Version** DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 • French Subtitles** • 1.66 and 1.33 formats respected • Colors and Black & White • Total Length of Films: 255 mins
Released on December 5, 2023
