Rent Blanche (1972)
3.4 of 5 from 75 ratings
1h 33min
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- Synopsis:
- In one of Walerian Borowczyk's most celebrated features, a 13th-century French nobleman's beautiful wife Blanche, as innocent as her name, becomes the unwilling object of attention by various visitors, including the King and his philandering page. Widely acclaimed as one of the cinema's most original and convincing evocations of the Middle Ages, Blanche's unique visual style resembles a medieval fresco, and its period-instruments soundtrack was years ahead of its time.
- Actors:
- Michel Simon, Georges Wilson, Jacques Perrin, Ligia Branice, Denise Péronne, Jean Gras, Lawrence Trimble, Michel Delahaye, Roberto, Genevieve Graves, Stanley Barry, Guy Bonnafoux, Christian Boissonnade, Annie Challan, Roger Cotte, Agnès Faucheux, Maurice-Pierre Gourrier, Florence Lassailly, Michel Maurice, Micheline Rolla
- Directors:
- Walerian Borowczyk
- Producers:
- Philippe d'Argila, Dominique Duvergé
- Writers:
- Walerian Borowczyk, Juliusz Slowacki
- Studio:
- Arrow Films
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
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- Countries:
- France
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 08/09/2014
- Run Time:
- 93 minutes
- Languages:
- French Dolby Digital 1.0
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Introduction by Schalcken the Painter director Leslie Megahey
- Ballad of Imprisonment, a documentary about the film and its creation, featuring key crew members Obscure Pleasures, a previously unreleased 1985 interview with Borowczyk himself
- Peter Graham's short film Gunpoint (1 972), shot and edited by Borowczyk
