Themroc Limited Edition Blu-Ray

The bachelor and housekeeper Themroc (Michel Piccoli, Belle de Jour) lives with his mother and leads a boring life. One day, after an undeserved argument with his boss, the usually docile Themroc rebels and destroys his narrow-minded world. Claude Faraldo's cult-status, taboo-breaking satire about a French worker who turns into an urban caveman, made on a shoestring budget and without comprehensible dialogue, is an anarchic take on mid-century labor and gender politics. Themroc was never released on home video in the UK and may be familiar to British audiences from Channel 4's infamous Red Triangle screening, intended for adults only; now this brutal satire can be seen again, recently presented on Blu-ray from a 4K restoration.

4K restoration from the original negative by StudioCanal

Uncompressed mono PCM audio

Interview with critic and filmmaker David Thompson (2025)

Archival TV interview with actor Michel Piccoli and director Claude Faraldo (1973)

Interview with Manuela Lazic about Michel Piccoli (2025)

Gallery

Trailer

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

Reversible cover with original and newly produced artwork by Sam Smith

Limited edition booklet with newly written text by Alison Smith, author of French Cinema in the 1970s The echoes of May

Limited edition of 3,000 copies, presented in a full-height Scanavo case with a removable OBI strip that leaves the case free of certificates and markings.