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07 January 2024

Radiance Films probes terrorism in LE COMBAT DANS L'ILE (review)

Before THE CONFORMIST, Jean-Louis Trintignant played another character who embraced fascism in the French political thriller/domestic drama LE COMBAT DANS L'ILE as a man on the run with his wife (Romy Schneider) after a failed political assassination attempt.

REVIEW LINK: Radiance Films (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)

LE COMBAT DANS L'ILE Blu-ray specs:

  • 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.66:1 Widescreen
  • French LPCM 2.0 Mono
  • Optional English Subtitles
  • Interviews with director Alain Cavalier:
  • 1983 TV interview with actor Jean-Louis Trintignant
  • "The Succulence of Fruit" interview with critic Philippe Roger
  • "Un Américan" 1958 short film by Alain Cavalier
  • Still Gallery
  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Reversible Cover
  • The first pressing of 3,000 copies is presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings and includes a booklet featuring new writing on the film by critic Ben Sachs who considers the film in the context of the French New Wave and genre filmmaking; and scholar and author of Late-Colonial French Cinema Mani Sharpe looks at the film and its political dimension.

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