A NERVOUS AND MASTERFUL SURVIVAL
"THE STYLE AND QUALITY OF THE FILM IS ON A SORCERER AND BUTTERFLY LEVEL. […] ANTONIO ISASI IS A GREAT DIRECTOR."
QUENTIN TARANTINO
S omewhere in Latin America, a dictator named Leónidas Arévalo reigns terror in his country. Like many other political opponents, mathematician Arístides Ungria languishes behind bars in San Justo prison. One day, he takes advantage of a moment of inattention to run away, before being caught by the guardian Zancho and his fearsome dog. Arístides ends up killing the soldier but, before dying, he orders the animal to kill the fugitive. The beast will then track Arístides to the capital to avenge his master...
Directed by Spaniard Antonio Isasi (also known as Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi), Fangs of the Devil is a fast-paced survival movie with a strong political charge. As in Dressed to Kill or Cujo , great animal attack films, the filmmaker aptly exploits the figure of the dog to denounce the bloody dictatorships that decimated Latin America and Francoist Spain. An action film with breathtakingly realistic scenes, Fangs of the Devil is available as a world exclusive on Blu-ray™ in its new High Definition master.
THE FANGS OF THE DEVIL by Antonio Isasi
(1977 - Colors - 115 mins)
Original version with French subtitles + French version
Blu-ray or DVD edition
Exclusive visual created by illustrator Doaly .
SUPPLEMENTS (IN HD*)
. THE BISTRO OF HORROR (27 mins)
A conversation with François Cognard, Mélanie Boissonneau and Christophe Lemaire about the Fangs of the Devil . Produced and directed by the Filmo team as part of the film's broadcast.
. FIERCE (35 mins)
“Antonio Isasi is a devilishly efficient filmmaker. He's a filmmaker-editor. It comes from editing. He has the same distinction as Akira Kurosawa, Robert Wise or Don Siegel. An exclusive conversation between director Fabrice du Welz ( Inexorable , Message from the King ) and screenwriter and film historian Fathi Beddiar ( Colt 45 ).
. TRAILER
* in HD on the Blu-ray Disc™ version
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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
Format 1.66 respected • Colors • Duration of the Film: 115 mn
DVD 9 • NEW RESTORED MASTER • PAL • MPEG-2 ENCODING
Original Version / French Version Dolby Digital 1.0 • French Subtitles
1.66 format respected • 16/9 compatible 4/3 • Colors • Film length: 110 mins
Released May 17, 2022
