4 provocative and previously unseen films from the unmissable Swedish director
"A VISIONARY AHEAD OF HER TIME."
SOFIA COPPOLA
AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY
A pioneer of feminist cinema, Mai Zetterling immediately made her mark with her frank and powerful voice. Presented in the Official Selection at the 1965 Cannes Film Festival, The Lovers is the first in a series of films Primarily dedicated to exploring the female condition, and featuring some of the most iconic stars of Swedish cinema (Harriet Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, Erland Josephson…) , these films, models of adventurous and passionately committed cinema, include *The Lovers *, *Night Games *, *The Girls* , and *Amorosa* , available for the first time. times in a 3 Blu-ray™ box set in their restored 2K version!
Available in a 3-Blu-ray box set
Hard case + digipak
New restorations
Original versions with French subtitles
Never before released on Blu-ray
BLU-RAY 1
THE LOVERS ( 1964 – B&W – 118 min)
Three women about to give birth reminisce about their youth, their failed loves and their lost illusions…
NIGHT GAMES ( 1966 – B&W – 105 min)
Accompanied by his fiancée, Jan returns to the castle where he spent his childhood with a whimsical and hedonistic mother…
INCLUDED : ORIGINAL TRAILERS
BLU-RAY 2
THE GIRLS (1968 – B&W – 100 min )
Three actresses go on tour to perform Aristophanes and find in their characters disturbing echoes of their own lives…
. AMOROSA (1986 – Color – 117 min)
A portrait of the Swedish writer Agnes von Krusenstjerna and the tumultuous relationship she had with her husband…
INCLUDED : ORIGINAL TRAILER FOR " AMOROSA "
BLU-RAY 3
3 RARE OR UNRELEASED SHORT FILMS DIRECTED BY MAI ZETTERLING
THE GAME OF WAR (1962 – B&W – 15 min – HD)
The chase between two boys around a firearm, in the stairwell of a tower block.
REALITY FICTION: MAY ZETTERLING (1977 – Color – 50 min)
Directors: Michèle Rosier & Mai Zetterling • Screenplay: Jean Frapat - © 1977 INA
Four segments where fiction and documentary intertwine to form a fascinating mise en abyme, of profound humanity.
SEALS AND MEN (1981 – Colours – 30 min – HD)
On the vast icy expanses of Greenland, the filmmaker captures striking images of seal hunting, with rare documentary precision.
A DOCUMENTARY
THREE ACTRESSES IN THEIR ROLES (1996 – Colour and B&W – 77 min – HD)
A film by Christina Olofson
After Mai Zetterling's death, the three actresses from her feature film Les Filles reunite in France at the filmmaker's house.
CINE 3: MAI ZETTERLING IN PARIS (7 mins)
Directed by: Jacques Rozier - © 1975 INA
Mai Zetterling addresses the cinematic and political importance of a woman's perspective on women and their condition.
MEETING WITH MAY (10 min – HD )
In 1984, Mai Zetterling looked back on her career as a filmmaker and on the misogyny of her milieu, whose sexual preconceptions she deconstructed.
. TRAILER FOR THE RETROSPECTIVE "MAI ZETTERLING, SWEDISH CINEMA FROM A WOMAN'S PERSPECTIVE" (HD)
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3 Blu-ray Discs • High Definition Masters • 1080/23.98p • AVC Encoding
Original Version DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 • French Subtitles
1.66 aspect ratio preserved • Black & White and Color • Total Film Length: 440 minutes
Release date: March 4, 2025
