The Sunday Woman Blu-Ray

A despicable architect is beaten to death, and an upper-class woman (Jacqueline Bisset, Day for Night) and her homosexual friend (Jean-Louis Trintignant, The Conformist) are the prime suspects, with a discarded letter implicating them in the crime. Inspector Santamaria (Marcello Mastroianni, Fellini's 8½) is assigned to the case and attempts to uncover the suspected murderer in upper-class Turin. With a murder mystery worthy of Agatha Christie, Sunday's Wife is also a sharp critique of Turin's upper class. The screenplay, by the famous duo Age & Scarpelli, known for their masterpieces in Commedia all'Italiana, including Big Deal on Madonna Street and The Organizer, is a clever adaptation of the best-selling novels by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini, with the main character Santamaria inspired by the real head of the flying squad. The highly acclaimed director Luigi Comencini (Misunderstood) often worked with a combination of comedy and drama, finding humor in tragedy, and is just waiting to be rediscovered as a master of post-war Italian cinema.

Special features

2K restoration of the film from the original negative, presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio and an alternate 1.85:1 widescreen presentation

Original audio in uncompressed mono PCM

Newly recorded interview with Richard Dyer, academic and expert on Italian cinema, looking at The Sunday Woman (2022, 18 min)

Archive interview with cinematographer Luciano Tovoli discussing his work on the film (2008, 22 min)

Newly recorded interview with academic and screenwriter Giacomo Scarpelli, who talks about the life and work of his father Furio Scarpelli and his writing partner Agenore Incrocci (2022, 36 min)

French TV interview with Jean-Louis Trintignant, in which the actor discusses The Sunday Woman (1976, 4 min)

Trailer

Language: Italian

Subtitles: : English