The baker's wife = La femme du boulanger
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[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2019].
Format
DVD
Edition
DVD special edition.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (134 min.) : DVD video, sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert (12 unnumbered pages ; illustrations ; 19 cm).
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Published
[New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2019].
Edition
DVD special edition.
Language
fre

Notes

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Title from title frame.
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1938.
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Based upon a novel by Jean Giono.
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Full screen (aspect ratio 1.37:1).
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Restored version done by La Compagnie Méditerranéenne de Films-MPC in 2016.
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Special features: Selected-scene audio commentary featuring film scholar Brett Bowles; introduction by Pagnol from 1967; excerpt from a 1966 television interview with Pagnol, from the program Cinéastes de notre temps; short profile on the film from a local French news program from 1967; in booklet, essay by Ginette Vincendeau.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Georges Benoît ; editor, Suzanne de Troeye ; music, Vincent Scotto.
Participants/Performers
Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, [Fernand] Charpin, Robert Vattier, Charles Blavette, Robert Bassac, Maupi, Charles Moulin, Edouard Delmont.
Description
An enchanting countryside comedy about the marital woes of a sweetly deluded baker whose wife has run off wirth a shepherd. Because the baker is upset and cannot bring himself to work, the scandal snowballs and engulfs the entire town.
System Details
DVD format; NTSC region 1; full screen presentation (1.37:1); Dolby Digital monaural; black & white.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
Home use - Inquire for classroom rights.
Language
French dialogue; optional English subtitles.

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