Jean-Claude Brisseau Collection - 2-DVD Set ( Un jeu brutal / De bruit et de fureur ) ( A Brutal Game / The Sound and The Fury )

Jean-Claude Brisseau Collection - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Un jeu brutal / De bruit et de fureur
Alternate Title: A Brutal Game / The Sound and The Fury
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
177 min + 46 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1983 - 1988 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jean-Claude Brisseau

Written By:
Jean-Claude Brisseau

Actors:
Bruno Cremer ..... Christian Tessier
Emmanuelle Debever ..... Isabelle
María Luisa García ..... Annie (as Lisa Hérédia)
Albert Pigot ..... Pascal
Humbert Balsan ..... The TV Journalist
Jean Douchet ..... Professor Marchal
Liliane Gaudet ..... La dame de compagnie
Catherine Griffoni ..... L'amie de Pascal
Lucienne Le Marchand ..... La mère
Sylvestre López ..... La mère d'Éliane
Marie-France Mignal ..... Lucien
Charles-Hubert Ordinis ..... Éliane
Lucien Plazanet
Aurélie Sterling
Bruno Cremer ..... Marcel
François Négret ..... Jean-Roger
Vincent Gasperitsch ..... Bruno
Fabienne Babe ..... Enseignante
María Luisa García ..... Apparition (as Lisa Hérédia)
Fejria Deliba ..... Mina
Thierry Helene ..... Thierry
Sandrine Arnault ..... Fille Marcel
Victoire Buff ..... Amie Thierry
Françoise Vatel ..... Mere Jean-Roger
Albert Montias ..... Frère de Marcel
Lucien Plazanet ..... Un voisin
Antonio García ..... Grand-père
Antoine Fontaine ..... Principal ecole
Luc Ponette ..... Sous-directeur ecole

Synopsis:

A Brutal Game / Un Jeu Brutal (1983)

Brisseau's fascinating tale takes the most unsympathetic character imaginable, the child killer Tessier (Bruno Cremer), and pleads his case. Tessier, a scientist, has a rebellious handicapped adolescent daughter. His fury about her plight may be behind his earlier murderous spree against children who vandalised his lab. His treatment of his daughter is strict to the point of sadism. None the less, Tessier evokes pity as much as revulsion. He's a shy, taciturn figure who has lost his moral bearings. A deeply unsettling character study, Un Jeu Brutal is anchored by Cremer's brooding performance, and freshened by the Buñuel-like surrealist touches and the director's resolute avoidance of serial-killer movie conventions.

The Sound and The Fury / De Bruit Et De Fureur (1988)

A highly distinguished drama and considered an important entry in French cinema's new naturalism from filmmaker Jean-Claude Brisseau, this drama presents a shocking but humanistic look at the tragic lives of impoverished children living in the Paris projects. Bruno is a teenaged boy who has just moved into a high-rise project with his hard-working mother. Barely earning enough to support them takes all of her time. She communicates with Bruno via tender notes. Other than those brief missives and his pet bird, Bruno is alone. The apartment is located in one of the city's roughest suburbs and Bruno's involvement with crime seems inevitable. Shortly after he is befriended by the streetwise, battered and deeply troubled Jean-Roger, Bruno is out thieving, destroying property and harming people with a vengeance. These boys are not devoid of humane qualities. One of their teachers, a young idealistic woman, recognizes their potential and tries vainly to save the boys, but by the time she gets involved it is too late for Bruno and Jean-Roger. Though deep down they may have wanted only love, help and guidance, the brutal, unloving world around them is all-consuming.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 26 February, 2010.

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