Two More Alain Robbe-Grillet Films Get U.S. Release Dates

Posted February 28, 2014 05:01 PM by


U.S. distributors Redemption Films will release on Blu-ray two more films directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet: Eden and After (1970), starring Catherine Jourdan, Lorraine Rainer, and Sylvain Corthay, and The Man Who Lies (1968), starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ivan Mistrík, and Zuzana Kocúriková. The two releases will arrive on the U.S. market on May 27th. *Eden and After* From the darkly erotic imagination of Alain Robbe-Grillet comes a dreamlike fable in which a group of decadent French students are drawn into the psychological and sexual games of a mysterious Dutchman (Pierre Zimmer). Once they imbibe his "fear powder," the students experience a series of hallucinatory episodes: ruminations on death, explorations of sexual curiosity, and striking tableaux of sadomasochistic fantasy. This special edition includes an interview with writer/director Robbe-Grillet, and a complete alternate cut of the film, entitled N. Throws The Dice. *The Man Who Lies* On the run from pursuing soldiers, Boris (Jean-Louis Trintignant) finds a refuge in a small European town which, years before, was home to Jean, a resistance fighter hunted by the Nazis. Boris ingratiates himself in the community, weaving tales of his encounters with the martyred rebel, and thereby seducing Jean's widow.. and sister… and maid. But Boris's erotic games are interrupted when a mysterious stranger -- who may, in fact, be Jean -- arrives in the village. Note: Redemption Films have already released on Blu-ray director Alain Robbe-Grillet's Trans-Europ Express and Successive Slidings of Pleasure. On April 1, the distributors will also release on Blu-ray The Immortal One.
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Alex DeLarge

Feb 28, 2014

Very cool but I'm waiting to import the box set in a few months. For those Cinephiles who are region locked (A) this is great news!

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Blu Titan

Feb 28, 2014

More great releases from Kino

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Hopefully we'll get a review of the UK set before pre-orders start shipping. Would've gotten the Kinos, but ordering the set saved me about 60 bucks. Hope they look as good as Kino's. Anyway, it's great these are getting released.