Mediabook The Lover (L'Amant) (4K + Blu-ray Limited Collector's Edition Mediabook) [USA]

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Release date: January 25, 2022
Purchase link: Amazon
Price: $27.99

 

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Colonial French Indochina, late 1920s: a fifteen-year-old French girl (Jane March) returns to Saigon, where she attends a girls’ boarding school. On her way there, she meets a handsome, wealthy and much older Chinese man (Tony Leung Ka Fai) from a respectable family. Going against the conventions of their respective societies, the lustful pair begin a passionate affair. Their strong attraction toward one another is only intensified by the illicit nature of their rendezvous.

• Released as a remastered 2-Disc Limited Collector's Edition Mediabook in 4K Ultra HD with Dolby Vision and HDR+, on Blu-ray and with extensive extras and a 24-page booklet.
• The sensual film adaptation of the bestselling autobiographical novel of the same name by Marguerite Duras.
• A beautifully told story about a passionate, forbidden love and the world of desire.
• A soulful and erotic romantic drama by French master director Jean-Jacques Annaud ("The Name of the Rose," "Seven Years in Tibet").
• Starring Jane March ("Color of Night"), who makes her acting debut here, in the role of The Young French Woman.
• Subtitles in Spanish, French, German and English.
• Special Features (subtitled in English for the first time): Making-of; Interview with novelist Marguerite Duras and Jean-Jacques Annaud; Unreleased scenes; Picture galleries: "Set shots", "The locations", "Marguerite Duras and Jane March"; Original theatrical trailer; Instrumental trailer

 

[komor]

Good to see some Mediabooks from the US. First impression is good.

 

[komor]

Has a Mediabook release with the same cover in Germany, too. link