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LA TETE CONTRE LES MURS (1959)

AKAs:
Head Against the Wall (USA)


Frankrijk
Drama
95 minuten

geregisseerd door Georges Franju
met Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Pierre Mocky en Anouk Aimée

In 1958 in een provinciaal psychiatrisch ziekenhuis zit een jonge man (François Géranne) die door zijn vader wordt opgesloten. Hij probeert te vluchten, geholpen door zijn liefhebbende vriendin.

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Studio: Eureka Entertainment Ltd.

Masters of Cinema Series # 83

DVD Release Date: September 21, 2009

Director: Georges Franju

Description:
An intense study of the clash between medical ideals, the first full-length work from Georges Franju (Les yeux sans visage, Judex) is a gripping examination of postwar psychiatric care, boasting a memorable cast including Pierre Brasseur, Anouk Aimee, Charles Aznavour, Paul Meurisse, and Jean-Pierre Mocky.

Mocky plays Francois Gerane, an aimless young man whose delinquent tendencies cause his father to have him committed to a psychiatric ward. There, under the cold command of Dr. Varmont (Brasseur), he finds himself fighting for his dignity, sanity, and freedom, barely holding on through the new-found love of his girlfriend Stephanie (Aimee) and the promise of rival Dr. EmeryÆs (Meurisse) more humane techniques.

Compassionate yet unflinching, La Tete contre les murs is a bold precursor to the likes of Samuel FullerÆs Shock Corridor and Milos Forman's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, revealing FranjuÆs poetic gift for creating images both concrete and evocative, and an ominous hint of the clinical horrors yet to come in Les yeux sans visage. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the debut feature of a late-flowering, great filmmaker.


Format: PAL

DVD Size: 6.71 GB - Exact Untouched Copy

Time (main feature): 93 minutes

Color: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1 | Anamorphic

Sound: French

Subtitles: optional English


SPECIAL FEATURES:

# New high-definition transfer from pristine restored materials.
# Newly translated optional English subtitles.
# Original French theatrical trailer.
# A new video interview with Jean-Pierre Mocky filmed in 2008.
# A new video interview with Charles Aznavour filmed in 2008.


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