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Barbe bleue

Author: Catherine BreillatJean-François LepetitSylvette FrydmanDominique ThomasLola CretonAll authors
Publisher: [Culver City, Calif.] : Strand Releasing, [2010]
Edition/Format:   DVD video : French : Widescreen
Summary:
Employs a double narrative, one revolving around two young sisters who are reading the tale of Bluebeard, and the other telling the story of young Marie-Catherine, child bride to Bluebeard, an aristocratic ogre with a reputation for murdering his wives. The Princess must employ all her cunning to outwit her husband and escape a potentially unpleasant fate.
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Genre/Form: Feature films
Foreign language films
Film adaptations
Fiction films
Drama
Named Person: Charles Perrault
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Catherine Breillat; Jean-François Lepetit; Sylvette Frydman; Dominique Thomas; Lola Creton; Daphné Baiwir; Marilou Lopes-Benites; Lola Giovannetti; Charles Perrault; ARTE France.; Flach Film (Firm); CB Films (Firm); Strand Releasing Home Video (Firm)
OCLC Number: 609670264
Language Note: In French with English subtitles.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 2009.
Based on the Charles Perrault's story entitled Barbe bleue.
Special features: original theatrical trailer.
Credits: Director of photography, Vilko Filac ; editor, Pascale Chavance.
Cast: Dominique Thomas, Lola Creton, Daphné Baïwir, Marilou Lopes-Benites, Lola Giovannetti.
Description: 1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD; widescreen; Dolby digital 2.0.
Other Titles: Barbe bleue (Motion picture)
Bluebeard
Responsibility: Arte France présente une production Flach Film - CB Films, Arte France ; un film de Catherine Breillat ; un film produit par Jean-François Lepetit, Sylvette Frydman.

Abstract:

Employs a double narrative, one revolving around two young sisters who are reading the tale of Bluebeard, and the other telling the story of young Marie-Catherine, child bride to Bluebeard, an aristocratic ogre with a reputation for murdering his wives. The Princess must employ all her cunning to outwit her husband and escape a potentially unpleasant fate.

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