French DVD/Blu-ray/UHD Recommendations

[vertigo]

La prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV, Rossellini, 4K restoration to be released by Elephant Films.
Jan. 26 post:

Great news! Tamasa is going to release several Ettore Scola's films, several Luigi Comencini, that funny Steno's movie with Bardot as Poppaea, and Abasso la misseria with Magnani. About Tamasa, Amazon never has got stock, and I mean, never, but Fnac they do, and they send in 24 hours. Orders sent from France are quite fast, but from UK is a real nightmare.

Studio Canal will be release De Santis' No Peace Under the Olive Tree

Les Dames de Bois de Boulogne, 4K UHD+blu from Rimini:

I've got it, sadly the subtitles were with colors changing for the actors, if I don not remember bad.

[vertigo]

We should have a thread where we talk about when the French language is strange and is a foreign language even to the French themselves... because of their accent. North, Calais, pherhaps Lille , Quebec. Quebec is totally incomprehensible.

90s slang invers talking like La haine

[Stefan Andersson]

Update on the Tamasa Chabrol Première Vague set:
-2K restorations from 2018 and 2019, done by Cosmodigital, Paris, from OCNs and a few bits from prints/secondary sources
OAR for Les Biches and La femme infidèle changed from 1.66 to 1.85
https://www.dvdclassik.com/test/blu-ray ... gue-tamasa

Rundown of supplements:
https://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/c173478-claud ... films.html

[Jonathan S]

Arte is currently playing five Chabrolswith optional English (and other) subs, at least in the UK - could be geo-blocked elsewhere. They are also appearing on Arte's YouTube channel.

[Stefan Andersson]

Upcoming from Artus Films:
Alexandr Ptushko´s Alye parusa, 1961, 4K; CinemaScope version and a shorter 1.37 version
https://artusfilms.com/products/les-voiles-ecarlates

Ptushko´s Ruslan and Ludmila, 4K:
https://artusfilms.com/products/rouslan-et-ludmila

[Stefan Andersson]

La Ragazza di Bube, Comencini, blu+dvd combo, French and Italian language, French subs:
https://www.tamasa-cinema.com/boutique/ ... ay-et-dvd/

Une femme est passée, J A Bardem, blu+dvd, Spanish/French and French language, French subs:
https://www.tamasa-cinema.com/boutique/ ... ay-et-dvd/

La traite des blanches, Comencini, blu+dvd, French subs:
https://www.tamasa-cinema.com/boutique/ ... ay-et-dvd/

[Stefan Andersson]

Coin de Mire release slate:

July 7, 2026 :

TOUT L'OR DU MONDE, René Clair

LES AVENTURES DE TILL L'ESPIEGLE, Gérard Philipe

ECHAPPEMENT LIBRE, Jean Becker

PEAU DE BANANE, Marcel Ophuls

UN ALLER SIMPLE, José Giovanni

OU EST PASSE TOM ?, José Giovanni


Oct. 6, 2026 :

MADAME DU BARRY, Christian-Jaque

LE COEUR SUR LA MAIN, André Berthomieu

L'OBJECTEUR (TU NE TUERAS POINT), Claude Autant-Lara

LE POINT DU JOUR, Louis Daquin


Dec. 1, 2026 :

LA TABLE AUX CREVES, Henri Verneuil

LE VOYAGE A BIARRITZ, Gilles Grangier

L'HOMME A LA BUICK, Gilles Grangier

NOUS IRONS A PARIS, Jean Boyer

NOUS IRONS A MONTE-CARLO, Jean Boyer

SANS LAISSER D'ADRESSE, Jean-Paul Le Chanois

March 7, 2026 post:
https://www.dvdclassik.com/forum/viewto ... e#p3222131

[andyli]

Four Sacha Guitry films (Désiré, Les Perles de la couronne, Quadrille, Remontons les Champs-Élysées) are coming from Gaumont Blu-ray in April. All four are from recent 4K restorations.

4K UHD releases of Pandora & the Flying Dutchman and Et Dieu... créa la femme coming in May.

[andyli]

Factoris has Battling Buttler lined up for a 4K UHD release, in addition to Pandora & the Flying Dutchman and Jamaica Inn. All of these are with Cohen in the US.

[rrenault]

Four Sacha Guitry films (Désiré, Les Perles de la couronne, Quadrille, Remontons les Champs-Élysées) are coming from Gaumont Blu-ray in April. All four are from recent 4K restorations.

4K UHD releases of Pandora & the Flying Dutchman and Et Dieu... créa la femme coming in May.

How did Criterion never even upgrade this one to blu-ray?

[Stefan Andersson]

10 restored Youssef Chahine films will be shown at the 2026 Rochelle film festival. Tamasa Films have co-credit.

Tamasa has released all films on dvd and bluray except Alexandrie, encore et toujours (1990), L’Émigré (1994) and L’Autre (1999); might bluray releases be planned?

[Stefan Andersson]

Le bel Antonio, Bolognini, 4K, no English subs:
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=353244 - - includes comments about censorship, restoration, aspect ratio, an old French DVD with a line of dialogue not included in the restoration
https://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/f169680-bel-a ... tocomplete

La viaccia, 4K, no English subs:
https://www.dvdfr.com/dvd/f169682-viaccia.html
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=353273 - includes comments about censorship

[Stefan Andersson]

La Ragazza di Bube, Comencini, blu+dvd combo, French and Italian language, French subs:
https://www.tamasa-cinema.com/boutique/ ... ay-et-dvd/

Update (web browser translation) re; La Ragazza di Bube:
"Compared to the 2007 DVD edition, the most indispensable added value /.../ is the presence of the original version, especially since La Ragazza is one of the first films in which Claudia Cardinale post-synchronizes herself /..../.

Regarding the French dubbing (Claudia Cardinale and Marc Michel dubbing themselves) /.../ on two occasions that the switch to the original version was made, the version offered being a complete version, which included sequences in the editing that were not in the French version and had therefore never been dubbed."
https://www.dvdclassik.com/test/blu-ray ... dvd-livret