L'amour fou Blu-ray Jacques Rivette Mad Love 1969 Blu-ray Radiance Lamour

Jacques Rivette's masterpiece comes to life from a new 4K restoration!

Introducing Radiance Film's Limited Edition Blu-ray for 1969's L'amour fou. Sébastien (Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Weekend) is staging an adaptation of Racine’s tragedy, Andromaque while a film crew captures their rehearsals on handheld 16mm. The production’s star and Sebastian’s wife, Claire (Bulle Ogier, Out 1), cannot take the pressure and removes herself. Life imitates art, creating a tragedy for the couple when Sébastien recasts the role with his ex.

L’amour fou is a hypnotic study of tempestuous love, told with director Jacques Rivette’s signature reflexivity and containing striking examinations of performance, art, theatre and life. A classic of the French New Wave and one of Rivette’s most radical works, L’amour fou was unavailable for years, with the original elements tragically burned in a fire. Now meticulously restored, Radiance Films is proud to present this masterpiece from a new 4K restoration.

IMPORTANT NOTE: This set contains a Blu-ray (Region B) Disc. An all-region Blu-ray player is required to read Region B Discs. Standard U.S. Blu-ray players will NOT read Region B Discs. Looking for all-region players? We've got you covered! 

Limited Edition Features: 

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Jessica Felrice and archival writings by Véronique Manniez-Rivette, an archival interview with Jacques Rivette and images of the director’s notes
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
  

Features: 

• 4K restoration from materials kept at Les Archives du Film and in Éclair-Preservation, under the supervision of Caroline Champetier
• Original mono audio
• A newly filmed feature-length documentary featuring new interviews with star Jean-Pierre Kalfon; writer/director and Rivette collaborator Pascal Bonitzer; Rivette biographer Antoine de Baecque; critic/historian Sylvie Pierre; and archival footage of Jacques Rivette (Robert Fischer, 2024, 95 mins)
• New interview with Caroline Champetier, renowned cinematographer and restoration supervisor (2024)
• The Third Eye - A video essay by film critics Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin (2024)
• Newly translated English subtitles

Technical Specs:

• Year: 1969
• Region Code: B
• Audio: Mono
• Picture: 1.85:1
• Runtime: 255
• Language: French
• Subtitles: English