Slovak film treasures on DVD in France

Since October 2010, four DVDs with Slovak film classics are available at the French market. They present significant titles of the Slovak New Wave in the 60s. The DVDs will be presented at the Slovak Pavilion No. 103, Village International, Marché du Film during the 64th edition of the Cannes IFF.

The films The Sun in a Net by Štefan Uher, The Boxer and Death by Peter Solan, The Prime of Life and Birdies, Orphans and Fools by Juraj Jakubisko were chosen by the French publishing house Malavida, which focuses on noncommercial European films.  The collection of the Slovak films was released in original version with French and English subtitles. Besides the filmographies and various texts about the films, the DVDs include also original contemporary interviews.

LE BOXEUR ET LA MORT (The Boxer and Death)	LES ANNÉES DU CHRIST (The Prime of Life)
LES OISEAUX, LES ORPHELINS ET LES FOUS (Birdies, Orphans and Fools)	LE SOLEIL DANS LE FILET (The Sun in a Net)

More information at:
www.malavidafilms.com
www.sfd.sfu.sk
www.sfu.sk

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Slovak films released in France on DVD

published: 09.05.2011
updated: 09.05.2011