French films focus on complex characters
“The Films of Maurice Pialat” is a collection of three feature films by the French director, screenwriter and actor, who was known for an unsentimental approach to his films.<br /><br />“The Mouth Agape” (1974) is about the effect of serious illness on a family. Monique (Monique Melinand), dying of cancer, lies in bed in the apartment above the family-owned store while her philandering husband, Roger (Hubert Deschamps), carries on with life, pawing the female customers. Her son, Philippe (Philippe Leotard), remains aloof and impatient. Daughter-in-law Nathalie (Nathalie Baye) wonders if she is witnessing her own future decline. All four struggle to express or even feel their love for each other as they await the inevitable.<br /><br />“Graduate First” (1978) takes place in northern France as teenagers sitting for the baccalaureate exam await the fateful day with a combination of anxiety and indifference. The past year has been the scene of their conflicts with adults and teachers who consider the exam as the pathway to employment. The disillusioned teenagers, however, see it more as a step into the world of unemployment.<br /><br />“Loulou” (1980) stars Gerard Depardieu as the title character and Isabelle Huppert as Nelly, a married bourgeois woman who is attracted to his brash, innocent charm and considerable sexual prowess. Nelly leaves dependable  but dull husband Andre (Guy Marchand) and moves in with unemployed ex-con Loulou. She soon becomes pregnant, but Loulou doesn’t alter his carefree lifestyle of carousing with his buddies and pulling off small-time robberies. Disturbed by his attitude, Nelly debates whether to keep the baby.<br /><br />The movies have in common a naturalistic feel. The characters are down-to-earth and register as real people making their way through life as best they can, even when apparently insurmountable obstacles block their path. Pialat is exceptional at drawing us into his characters’ intrigues and showing how average people deal with the curves life tosses them.<br /><br />Bonus extras on the 3-disc Blu-ray release include actor interviews, deleted scenes, and trailers. All films are in French, with English and French subtitles.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Cohen Film Collection is proud to present for the first time in HD, a collection of films by director Maurice Pialat, the iconoclastic French auteur often called "the French Cassavetes." Volume One includes the family drama The Mouth Agape with Nathalie Baye, the slice-of-life film about teenagers in suburban France Graduate First, and Loulou, the tale of tortured love of which Andrew Sarris wrote "A masterpiece of subtlety and eroticism. Gérard Depardieu and Isabelle Huppert just happen to be the sexiest couple in the history of the cinema." This volume is rounded out with over four hours of bonus material including the 2007 documentary Maurice Pialat: Love Exists, narrated by Gérard Depardieu.Bonus Content:.