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Capricci

A great French company, responsible for the recent edition of Robert Kramer's Ice/Milestones. Besides their distribution and publishing arms, Capricci's most interesting venture is their line of combined DVD/Book releases. The most recent edition is La trilogie en Pays de Caux, by Pierre Creton.

Should be noted that these releases aren't English-friendly, unfortunately.

According to their site both Rousseau's "La Vallée close" and Serra's "Honor de cavalleria" have English subtitles.

Criminal accusations leveled at Capricci executives:
https://www.elle.fr/Societe/News/Cinema ... se-4405774

https://capricci.fr/product-tag/distribution/

Oh the company is pretty much gone already. It has filed for bankrupcy about a month ago, and the fundings for Vincent doit mourir is under investigation as part of it might have gone in the presidential duo's pockets instead of the movie's production.

That's sad to hear. Their Chantal Akerman box set is up there with Ingmar Bergman's Cinema and the Potemkine Rohmer box set among my most cherished home video releases of all time. I also have their Mizoguchi box set and the recent release of Abraham's Valley. Would be a shame if there was no way to save the home video part of the business.

GoodOldNeon wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 12:36 pm That's sad to hear. Their Chantal Akerman box set is up there with Ingmar Bergman's Cinema and the Potemkine Rohmer box set among my most cherished home video releases of all time. I also have their Mizoguchi box set and the recent release of Abraham's Valley. Would be a shame if there was no way to save the home video part of the business.

I knew I should have bought that box when it came out. (I was in a bit of financial hole around its release)

In all seriousness, I do hope that their library doesn't end up going out-of-print and is at least reissued by whoever acquires the company's assets

How does Capricci's comprehensive Akerman set compare to BFI if we combine volumes 1 and 2 from the latter? I know BFI don't have Un Divan à New York, but they're a bit more comprehensive than Capricci when it comes to the 1970s set.

rrenault wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 11:33 pm How does Capricci's comprehensive Akerman set compare to BFI if we combine volumes 1 and 2 from the latter? I know BFI don't have Un Divan à New York, but they're a bit more comprehensive than Capricci when it comes to the 1970s set.

Going by the filmography provided on the Fondation Chantal Akerman website, the Capricci set contains her entire filmography with three exceptions: Les années 80, Nuit et jour, and Portrait d'une jeune fille de la fin des années 60 à Bruxelles. Of these three, Les années 80 is included in Vol. 2 of the BFI set, while the other two are also missing from the BFI.

BFI Vol. 1 includes all of her work up to 1978 and is comparable to the Capricci in that regard. Vol. 2 covers the rest of her career but is missing 20 films that are included in the Capricci set.

The BFI does have unique special features and English subtitles on everything, while not everything in the Capricci set is subtitled.

rrenault wrote: Mon Dec 01, 2025 11:33 pm How does Capricci's comprehensive Akerman set compare to BFI if we combine volumes 1 and 2 from the latter? I know BFI don't have Un Divan à New York, but they're a bit more comprehensive than Capricci when it comes to the 1970s set.

Here's a full list I posted in one of the Akerman threads of what's included in the Capricci set but not in the BFI sets: viewtopic.php?f=29&t=18264&p=838916#p838916

As GoodOldNeon notes above, Les Années 80 is the only film that's exclusive to the BFI sets. Otherwise, for English-friendly viewers, there are a few subtitled films in the BFI sets that aren't subtitled in the Capricci set – you can see a list of what is and isn't subtitled on the latter here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9199&p=821002#p821002

Stefan Andersson wrote: Sun Nov 30, 2025 5:01 pm Criminal accusations leveled at Capricci executives:
https://www.elle.fr/Societe/News/Cinema ... se-4405774

Putting out Jean-Claude Rousseau films as a smokescreen for this... Film culture never fails to surprise!