Sundays and Cybele Blu-ray

In this provocative Academy Award winner from French director Serge Bourguignon, a psychologically damaged war veteran and a neglected child begin a startlingly intimate friendship—one that ultimately ignites the suspicion and anger of his friends and neighbors in suburban Paris. Bourguignon’s film makes thoughtful, humane drama out of potentially incendiary subject matter, and with the help of the sensitive cinematography of Henri Decaë and a delicate score by Maurice Jarre, Sundays and Cybèle becomes a stirring contemplation of an alliance between two troubled souls.
 
Film Info
 
France 
1962
111 minutes
Black & White
2.35:1
French 
Spine #728
 
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
 
New 2K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
New interviews with director Serge Bourguignon and actors Hardy Krüger and Patricia Gozzi
Le sourire (1960), Bourguignon’s Palme d’Or–winning short documentary, with a new introduction by the director
Trailer
New English subtitle translation
PLUS: An essay by critic Ginette Vincendeau