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This listing is for the standard edition Blu-ray. The limited edition slipcover (designed by Steak Mtn) was limited to 1,000 units and is sold out. The two versions are identical, aside from the slipcover.
Founded in 2002 as one of the first-ever subscription film services with its DVD-of-the-Month Film Club, FilmMovement is now a North American distributor of award-winning independent and foreign films based in New York City. In 2015, FilmMovement launched the reissue label FilmMovement Classics featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on home video, with an emphasis on films by auteur directors such as Eric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway and Takeshi Kitano.
Romy Schneider delivers a César Award-winning performance as a down-on-her-luck actress in L'important c'est d'aimer (That Most Important Thing: Love), Andrzej Żuławski’s “passionate portrait of the dignity – and the indignities – of an actor’s work” (Film Comment).
Forced to earn a living by accepting demeaning roles negotiated by her erratic husband, Nadine Chevalier (Schneider) encounters tabloid photographer Servais (Fabio Testi) on the set of her latest film. Desperate to win her affections, Servais secretly uses money borrowed from a shady associate to bankroll her next project, a production of Richard III with Nadine starring opposite the maniacal German thespian Karl-Heinz Zimmer (Klaus Kinski).
directed by: Andrzej Zulawski starring: Romy Schneider, Fabio Testi, Jacques Dutronc, Claude Dauphin, Michel Robin, Klaus Kinski 1975 / 113 min / 1.66:1 / French LPCM 2.0
Additional info:
Region A Blu-ray
Interview with Andrzej Zulawski
Original Trailer
Booklet with a new essay by film critic Kat Ellinger
English subtitles
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