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MK2
Directed by: Claude Chabrol
Featuring: Sandrine Bonnaire, Isabelle Huppert, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Virginie Ledoyen, Valentin Merlet, Julien Rochefort, Dominique Frot, Jean-François Perrier
Claude Chabrol’s forty-ninth feature stands as the crowning achievement of his prolific career—a coolly riveting study of class dynamics, the psychology of crime, and the sordid secrets lurking beneath the veneer of everyday life. A fascinatingly enigmatic, César Award–winning Isabelle Huppert is the chaotic yin to Sandrine Bonnaire’s tightly coiled yang. They are, respectively, a small-town postal worker and a maid to a wealthy family, a pair of outsiders who form a mysterious alliance that gradually, almost imperceptibly, goes haywire. With a master’s control of sound, editing, and suspense, Chabrol constructs a tour de force of sustained tension that delivers each brilliant shock with ice-pick precision.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
French DTS-HD MA Surround 2.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Audio Commentary, Introduction, Featurette, Interview, Video Essay, Theatrical Trailer, Insert
- Selected-scene commentary featuring Claude Chabrol
- New introduction by filmmaker Bong Joon-ho
- Making-of program
- Archival interview with Claude Chabrol
- Archival interview with Sandrine Bonnaire
- Archival interview with Caroline Eliacheff
- Episode of the Criterion Channel series Observations on Film Art about the use of offscreen sound
- Trailer
- An essay by crime-fiction and true-crime authority Sarah Weinman
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Restoration Information
La cérémonie
Restoration by:
Éclair
Year: 2015
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
Release Notes on Restoration
La cérémonie is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.66:1. This new digital master was created from the 35 mm original camera negative, which was scanned in 4K resolution by MK2 at Eclair Classics. The original 2.0 surround soundtrack was remastered from the negative track. Disc mastering: NexSpec