DVD
Toni
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
DVD special edition.
Languages
In French, with English subtitles.
Performers
Charles Bavette, Edouard Delmont, Celia Montalván, Jenny Hélia, Max Dalban, Andrex, Paul Bozzi.
Publication Information
[Irvington, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2020]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (84 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
In 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 social 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 follows the eponymous Italian migrant, whose tempestuous affairs with two women--the faithful Marie and the flirtatious Josefa--unleash a wave of tragedy. Making use of nonprofessional 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 Italian neorealism and a favorite of the directors of the French New Wave.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1935.
Special features: New digital 4K restoration ; audio commentary from 2006 featuring critics Kent Jones and Philip Lopate ; introduction by director Jean Renoir from 1961; a 1967 episode of Cinéastes de notre temps on Renoir, directed by Jacques Rivette and featuring a conversation with actor Charles Blavette about the film ; new video essay about the making of Toni by film scholar Christopher Faulkner ; new English subtitle translation.