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Simone Barbes or Virtue (Limited Edition) [Blu-ray]

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Simone Barbes or Virtue Limited Edition Blu-ray presents Marie-Claude Treilhou’s 1980 French feature in a region free release from Radiance. Produced by Paul Vecchiali’s Diagonale, the film follows one woman across a night in Paris, moving from an adult movie theater to a lesbian nightclub and into an unexpected late-night drive.

Simone works as an usherette, trading observations with a colleague as a stream of unusual customers pass through the theater. After her shift, she waits for her girlfriend in a nightclub full of eccentric personalities, before the film shifts again into a quieter, stranger encounter on the road.

Funny, atmospheric and quietly radical, Simone Barbès or Virtue captures the offbeat possibilities of post-New Wave French cinema with a blend of irony, intimacy and sincerity. This first North American release includes a 4K scan and restoration, short film, visual essay, interviews, improved subtitle translation, reversible sleeve, limited booklet and Radiance limited edition packaging.

directed by: Marie-Claude Treilhou
starring: Ingrid Bourgoin, Martine Simonet, Michel Delahaye
1980 / 77 min / French Uncompressed Mono PCM Audio / 1-Disc Region Free Blu-ray Limited Edition

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  • Blu-ray

Included Blu-ray Region

Region Free

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Radiance

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Special Features

  • First North American Release
  • 4K Scan and Restoration by Cosmodigital
  • Uncompressed Mono PCM Audio
  • Lourdes l’hiver – 1981 Short Film Directed by Marie-Claude Treilhou
  • New Visual Essay by Film Critic Lillian Crawford
  • Archival French TV Interview with Star Ingrid Bourgoin
  • New Interview with Film Scholar Dr. Elena Gorfinkel
  • Newly Improved English Subtitle Translation
  • Reversible Sleeve Featuring Original and Newly Commissioned Artwork by Time Tomorrow
  • More Special Features To Be Confirmed
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
  • Limited Edition Booklet Featuring Writing by Erika Balsom and Archival Writing
  • Limited Edition of 3,000 Copies
  • Full-Height Scanavo Packaging
  • Removable OBI Strip Leaving Packaging Free of Certificates and Markings
Simone Barbes or Virtue (Limited Edition) [Blu-ray]

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