Tenebres Francaises [Blu-ray]

This special limited edition 2-disc Blu-ray set comes housed in a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Robert Sammelin), includes a 40-page perfect bound book, and is limited to 4,000 units.

Tenebres Francaises Blu-ray arrives as part of the Vinegar Syndrome Labs line, a sub-label dedicated to exploring unexpected corners of cinema history. This curated collection highlights four dark and provocative French thrillers, each offering a distinct take on obsession, paranoia, cruelty and psychological collapse.

Spanning the 1970s and blending elements of giallo, noir and arthouse cinema, Tenebres Francaises Blu-ray showcases the range of French genre filmmaking, from sadistic psychological drama to conspiracy thrillers and surreal revenge tales.

LES COUSINES (THE COUSINS)
A disturbing portrait of cruelty and decadence, as two women subject their vulnerable cousin to escalating psychological and physical torment in their search for darker thrills.

directed by: Louis Soulanes
starring: Solange Pradel, Alain Doutey, Katia Tchenko
1970 / 98 min / French

QUI? (WHO?)
A mysterious car crash leaves a man missing and a woman with fragmented memories, leading to a haunting investigation into truth, identity and deception.

directed by: Léonard Keigel
starring: Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Gabriele Tinti
1970 / 78 min / French

LE SECRET (THE SECRET)
A quiet countryside life is disrupted by a fugitive whose increasingly unstable story forces a couple to question how far they are willing to go to help a stranger.

directed by: Robert Enrico
starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Marlène Jobert, Philippe Noiret
1974 / 102 min / French & English

NUIT D’OR (GOLDEN NIGHT)
A surreal and nightmarish revenge tale follows a man returned from the dead as he unleashes chaos on those who wronged him.

directed by: Serge Moati
starring: Klaus Kinski, Marie Dubois, Maurice Ronet, Anny Duperey
1977 / 83 min / French