Release date: July 21, 2026
Currently available for pre-order
With this box set featuring three cult films, delve into the baroque and fascinating world of Daniel Schmid, a leading filmmaker of the Swiss New Wave
"DANIEL SCHMID WAS UNDOUBTEDLY THE MOST BAROQUE AMONG US."
ALAIN TANNER
AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A BLU-RAY BOX SET
Daniel Schmid's cinema unfolds at the border of theater, dreams, and simulacra. With La Paloma, Shadow of Angels (based on a play by R.W. Fassbinder, who also plays one of the main characters), and Notre Dame de la Croisette, made between 1974 and 1981, the Swiss director composes a triptych dominated by artifice, melancholy, and a critical eye on the world of show business, featuring two great icons of the 1970s, actresses Ingrid Caven and Bulle Ogier.
Available as a 2 Blu-ray box set
Rigid case + Digipak
New restorations
Original versions with French subtitles + French version (for Notre Dame de La Croisette only)
THE 3 FILMS
BLU-RAY 1
LA PALOMA (1974 – Color – 110 min – 2K Restoration)
Knowing she is condemned, Viola, a cabaret singer known as La Paloma, agrees to follow Count Isidor Palewski, a mad admirer of hers. As her health improves, the young woman agrees to become his wife…
BLU-RAY 2
. SHADOW OF ANGELS (1976 – Color – 102 min – 2K Restoration)
In a cold and humid city, a sick prostitute named Lily Brest struggles to find clients. Beaten by her pimp and lover Raoul, who gambles away all her earnings, she one day meets a wealthy developer who offers her a strange contract…
. NOTRE-DAME DE LA CROISETTE (1981 – Color & B&W – 56 min – 4K Restoration)
A woman goes to the 1981 Cannes Film Festival hoping to watch films. Lacking accreditation and tickets, she is turned away from all events and quickly becomes disillusioned…
THE EXTRAS
. BALLET OF SHADOWS (19 min)
“It feels like watching a ballet of shadows, ghosts replaying a story that has already happened […]. Whenever the power of imagination is present, these figures will return; they are archetypes.” An exclusive interview with Stéphane du Mesnildot, columnist for "Mauvais genre" (France Culture).
. BEHIND THE SCENES OF THE CINÉMATHÈQUE SUISSE: THE DRESS FROM "LA PALOMA" (2023 – 2 min)
. THE FILTH, THE CITY AND DEATH (28 min)
“All the characters have this relationship with death, with power, but also something linked to their origin, which destroyed them from the start.” An exclusive interview with Stéphane du Mesnildot.
. "NOTRE DAME DE LA CROISETTE" BY STÉPHANE DU MESNILDOT (7 min)
“Here we find one of Daniel Schmid's passions for declining, somewhat haunted artists […]. A lost diva among all the Cannes stars.”
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2 BD • HIGH DEFINITION MASTERS • 1080/23.98p • AVC ENCODING
Original Version / French Version* DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 • French Subtitles
Aspect Ratios 1.66 & 1.37 respected • Color and Black & White • Total Film Duration: 268 min
*Notre Dame de la Croisette is presented in its Original French Version
Release date: July 21, 2026
