GABRIELLE [2 DVD SPECIAL EDITION]

[4510]

Stock Status: In Stock

$36.95

Label: Arte Video

Genre: Art House

Country: France

Year: 2005

A seemingly ideal marriage is thrown into embarrassing turmoil in Patrice Chereau period drama, Gabrielle. Based on the short story The Return by Joseph Conrad, the film opens with Jean (Pascal Greggory) extolling the virtues of his pretty wife, Gabrielle (Isabelle Huppert), in voice-over as he makes his way home from work.

Jean and his wife, with help from their team of servants, have fostered the illusion of a perfect bourgeois household. Jean is particularly happy with the way Gabrielle presents herself at the couple's frequent dinner gatherings, attended by their "set," whom, as he describes them, "fear emotion and failure more than war."

We see glimpses of these occasions in flashback, while Jean explains of his wife, "I'm proud of what she is — impassive." The secure little world he's fashioned for himself is shattered when he arrives home and finds a note from Gabrielle, explaining that she's leaving him. "It's terrible, and right," the missive states.

After a brief explosion of rage, Jean tries to compose himself, but he's thrown into chaos again when Gabrielle unexpectedly returns home. She finds it impossible to speak to Jean. "This letter is not the worst of it?" he asks her. "The worst is my coming back," she explains. The two struggle bitterly to regain the balance in their relationship…

DVD FEATURES

Anamorphic (16:9) Widescreen Version

French DTS, French 5.1 and French 2.0 Audio Options

Optional English and French subtitles

Audio Commentary (French audio only)

Interviews (French audio only)

Deleted Scenes (French audio only)

Music Featurette

Trailer

Photo Gallery

16 page booklet

Please note this DVD is encoded for both Regions 1 and 2.

GABRIELLE [2 DVD SPECIAL EDITION]

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GABRIELLE [2 DVD SPECIAL EDITION][4510]Stock Status: In Stock

$36.95

GABRIELLE [2 DVD SPECIAL EDITION]

[4510]

Stock Status: In Stock