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Le plaisir /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC1766D | The Criterion CollectionLanguage: French Original language: French Subtitle language: English Series: Criterion collection ; 444.Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, [2008]Edition: Special editionDescription: 1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)Content type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1604650605
  • 9781604650600
Uniform titles:
  • Plaisir (Motion picture)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893. Short stories. Selections
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997 .P535757 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
A voice in the dark -- The mask : at the ball -- Identity revealed -- Back home -- The Tellier house : the women of the house -- Disgruntled clients -- Boredom breeds arguments -- The journey begins -- Something for nothing -- The countryside with Joseph -- Constance -- Silent night -- First communion -- Joseph gets in trouble -- The 3:55 -- A celebratory return -- The model : Jean and Joséphine -- The fighting begins -- Leaving -- A desperate act.
Production credits:
  • Music, Joe Hayos ; directors of photography, Christian Matras (Le masque, La Maison Tellier), Philippe Agostini (Le modèle) ; production design, D'Eaubonne ; production managers, F. Harispuru, Ben Barkay ; costumes, Annenkoff ; editors, Léonide Azar, Suzanne Rondeau.
Cast: Claude Dauphin, Gaby Morlay, Madeleine Renaud, Ginette Leclerc, Mila Parély, Danielle Darrieux, Pierre Brasseur, Jean Gabin, Jean Servais, Daniel Gélin, Simone Simon, Amédée, Paul Azaïs, Balpétré, René Blancard, Gaby Bruyère, Mathilde Casadesus, Henri Crémieux, Arthur Devére, Paulette Dubost, Jean Galland, Jocelyn Jany, Robert Lombard, Héléna Manson, Marcel Perés, Jean Meyer, Louis Seigner, Michéle Vadet, Jeanine Vienot, Charles Vissières, Janine Yselle.Summary: An aging man hides behind a mask to meet ladies, a madame takes her girls to a communion, and a painter falls for his model in these stories of life, love, pleasure, and death.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-03096 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050305366
Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD-02576 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Withdrawn 16050192308

Based on three stories by Guy de Maupassant.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.

Full screen (1.33:1).

Bonus features: Introduction by filmmaker Todd Haynes (Far from heaven); English and German language versions of the opening narration; "From script to screen" a video essay featuring film scholar Jean-Piere Berthomé discussing the evolution of the director Max Ophuls's screenplay for Le plaisir; Interviews with actor Daniel Gélin, assistant director Tony Aboyantz, and set decorator Robert Christidès ; Essay by film critic Robin Wood (booklet).

A voice in the dark -- The mask : at the ball -- Identity revealed -- Back home -- The Tellier house : the women of the house -- Disgruntled clients -- Boredom breeds arguments -- The journey begins -- Something for nothing -- The countryside with Joseph -- Constance -- Silent night -- First communion -- Joseph gets in trouble -- The 3:55 -- A celebratory return -- The model : Jean and Joséphine -- The fighting begins -- Leaving -- A desperate act.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.

French with optional English subtitles.

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