A Woman Kills Blu-Ray

A series of murders of prostitutes alarms the public with the idea of a serial killer on the loose. Hélène Picard, a prostitute, is convicted and executed for the murders, but shortly thereafter, similar crimes continue. Meanwhile, the executioner Louis Guilbot develops a relationship with the investigator Solange, who soon learns that Louis may not be who he claims to be. Jean-Denis Bonan's A Woman Kills, filmed during the tumultuous events of May 1968, was never distributed due to the controversy surrounding the director's first film, and producer Anatole Dauman (The Beast, Hiroshima mon amour) was unable to find a distributor for the film for 45 years until Luna Park Films brought it back to life in a new restoration. Now it is being released on Blu-ray for the first time, and audiences outside France can finally experience this unique film, a serial killer film influenced by the French New Wave that presents its story in an almost true crime-like manner but focuses more on the psychological aspect, with echoes of Polanski and Franju, set to a disharmonious, jazzy film score.

Extras

2K restoration of the film from the original 16mm elements

Original audio in uncompressed mono PCM

Audio commentary by critics Kat Ellinger and Virginie Sélavy

Introduction by Virginie Sélavy

In the Margin: The Cursed Films of Jean-Denis Bonan (Francis Lecomte, 2015/2022, 37 min) - a recently updated documentary program with director Jean-Denis Bonan, cinematographer Gérard de Battista, editor Mireille Abramovici, musician Daniel Laloux, and actress Jackie Rynal

Short films by Jean-Denis Bonan: La vie brève de Monsieur Meucieu (1962, 13 min), Un crime d'amour (1965, 6 min), rushes from an incomplete film; Tristesses des anthropophages (1966, 23 min), Mathieu-fou (1967, 18 min), Une saison chez les hommes (1967, 16 min)

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