Bluebeard [videorecording] : [Barbe bleue] / Arte France présente une production Flach Film - CB Films, Arte France ; un film de Catherine Breillat ; un film produit par Jean-François Lepetit, Sylvette Frydman.
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Widescreen.
- Publisher: [Culver City, Calif.] : Strand Releasing, [2010]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2009. Based on the Charles Perrault's story entitled Barbe bleue. Special features: original theatrical trailer. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Vilko Filac ; editor, Pascale Chavance. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Dominique Thomas, Lola Creton, Daphné Baïwir, Marilou Lopes-Benites, Lola Giovannetti. |
Summary, etc.: | Employs a double narrative, one revolving around two young sisters who are reading the tale of Bluebeard, and the other telling the story of young Marie-Catherine, child bride to Bluebeard, an aristocratic ogre with a reputation for murdering his wives. The Princess must employ all her cunning to outwit her husband and escape a potentially unpleasant fate. |
System Details Note: | DVD; widescreen; Dolby digital 2.0. |
Language Note: | In French with English subtitles. |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Perrault, Charles, 1628-1703 > Film adaptations. Bluebeard (Legendary character) > Drama. Spouses > Drama. Sisters > Drama. |
Genre: | Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. Feature films > France. Foreign language films > French. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at GRPL.