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L'Atalante · Jean Vigo

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Curzon Film

Released 2025 · United Kingdom

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Director

Jean Vigo

Genre

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sub-Genre

Romance Drama

Cast

Michel Simon, Dita Parlo, Jean Dasté, Gilles Margaritis

Runtime

1 hour and 28 minutes (88 minutes)

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What's in the box

Packaging
Digipak
In the box
Comes in a digipack
along with a 100-page booklet
two double-sided fold-out archive film posters and one single-sided fold-out Curzon film poster
all housed in a rigid slipcase.
Discs
6 discs — DISC ONE: T | DISC TWO: T | DISC THREE: B | Disc One | DISC FOUR: B | Disc Two
Video
1.33:1 · SDR
Audio
other other
other other
Subtitles
English · other HoH

Special features

DISC ONE: The Films of Jean Vigo (Blu-ray 4K)

  • À propos de Nice (1930) (23:54)
  • Play Original Silent Version
  • Play with Score by Marc Perrone (2001)
  • Play with Score by Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius (2017)
  • Taris (1931) (10:52)
  • Zéro de conduite (1933) (49:42)
  • + 3 more
    L'Atalante (1934) (88:35)
    The Film
    Introduction by Martin Scorsese [in English, no subtitles] (2:59)

DISC TWO: The Films of Jean Vigo (Blu-ray)

  • À propos de Nice (1930) (23:54)
  • Play Original Silent Version
  • Play with Score by Marc Perrone (2001)
  • Play with Score by Stephen Horne and Frank Bockius (2017)
  • Taris (1931) (10:52)
  • Zéro de conduite (1933) (49:42)
  • + 3 more
    L'Atalante (1934) (88:35)
    The Film
    Introduction by Martin Scorsese [in English, no subtitles] (2:59)

DISC THREE: Bonus Disc One (Blu-ray)

  • Postface à L'Atalante (1968 interview with directors Francois Truffaut and Eric Rohmer) (18:14)
  • Documentaries
  • Filmmakers of Our Times: Jean Vigo (1964 documentary by Jacques Rozier) (98:27)
  • Luce, à propos de Jean Vigo (2016 documentary by Leïla Férault-Levy) (70:35)
  • Interviews
  • 2018 Interview with Lucile Hadžihalilovic (10:01)
  • + 5 more
    2018 Interview with Jean-Paul Civeyrac (10:10)
    2001 Interview with Jacques Rozier (9:23)
    2001 Interview with Otar Iosseliani (19:57)
    Jean Taris: Gaumont Newsreels (3:47)
    Lines of the Hand (2015 short film by Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson) (2:49)

DISC FOUR: Bonus Disc Two (Blu-ray)

  • Alternative Cuts and Rushes
  • À propos de Nice (first version) (29:42)
  • Zéro de conduite (second version) (43:33)
  • Young Devils in School: Zéro de conduite (rushes, sound and images) (15:59)
  • Winter Shooting: L'Atalante (rushes and outtakes) (70:00)
  • Restoration Documentaries and Featurettes
  • + 9 more
    From L'Atalante to L'Atalante (10:28)
    The Voyages of L'Atalante (40:03)
    The Restoration of À propos de Nice (3:41)
    The Restoration of Taris (2:25)
    The Restoration of Zéro de conduite (3:39)
    The Restoration of L'Atalante (2:55)
    Sound Regained (10:15)
    Excerpt from Abel Gance's Napoléon Pillow-Fight Sequence (2:47)
    L'Atalante (restoration trailer [burned-in English subtitles]) (0:45)

Releases of L'Atalante

Curzon Film