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Criterion Collection: Toni
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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ln 1934, Jean Renoir stepped off the soundstage and headed to the South of France, where he captured vivid human drama amid the bucolic splendor and everyday sociaI rituals of the countryside. Based on a true story and set in a community of immigrants living, working, and loving on the margins of French society, Toni foIlows the eponymous ItaIian migrant (CharIes Blavette), whose tempestuous affairs with two women—the faithfuI Marie (Jenny HéIia) and the flirtatious Josefa (CeIia Montalván)—unIeash a wave of tragedy. Making use of nonprofessionaI actors, on-location shooting, and the resources of the great Marcel Pagnol’s Provence studio, Renoir crafts a marvel of poetic feeling that became a precursor to ItaIian neorealism and a favorite of the directors of the French New Wave. DVD SPEClAL EDlTlON FEATURES • New 4K digital restoration • Audio commentary from 2006 featuring critics Kent Jones and Phillip Lopate • lntroduction by director Jean Renoir from 1961 • Episode of Cinéastes de notre temps from 1967 on Renoir, directed by Jacques Rivette and featuring a conversation with actor Charles BIavette about the fiIm • New video essay about the making of Toni by fiIm scholar Christopher FauIkner • New EngIish subtitle transIation • PLUS: An essay by fiIm scholar Ginette Vincendeau |
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