Mon Oncle Antoine (1971) - (The Criterion Collection - #438) [2 DVD9] [2008]

Claude Jutra’s evocative portrait of a boy’s coming of age in wintry 1940s rural Quebec has been consistently cited by critics and scholars as the greatest Canadian film of all time. Delicate, naturalistic, and tinged with a striking mix of nostalgia and menace, Mon oncle Antoine follows Benoit, as he first encounters the twin terrors of sex and death, and his fellow villagers, who are living under the thumb of the local asbestos mine owner. Set during one ominous Christmas, Mon oncle Antoine is a holiday film unlike any other, and an authentically detailed illustration of childhood’s twilight.




MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Claude Jutra
COUNTRY: Canada
YEAR: 1971

Cast & Credits

Cast
Uncle Antoine Jean Duceppe
His wife Oliviette Thibault
Fernand Claude Jutra
Miss Poulin Hélène Loiselle
Jos Poulin Lionel Villeneuve
Alexandrine Monique Mercure
Benoit Jacques Gagnon
Carmen Lyne Champagne


Credits
Director Claude Jutra
Producer Marc Beaudet
Music Jean Cousineau
Cinematography Michel Brault
Location sound Claude Hazanavicius
Screenplay Claude Jutra and Clément Perron






DVD:
DVD RELEASE: July 8, 2008
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 438
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.66:1
COLOR
AUDIO: French, English Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 104 minutes


EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 2 Full Dual-Layer DVDs
FILE EXTENSION: Image (.ISO) + MDS file
FILE SIZE: 13.85 GB (6.76 GB + 7.09 GB)
DVD SCANS TIFF (800 DPI): 88 MB





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Disc Features

SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:

New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director of photography Michel Brault
On-Screen: “Mon oncle Antoine,” a 2007 documentary tracing the making and history of the film
Claude Jutra: An Unfinished Story, a 2002 documentary by Paule Baillargeon, featuring interviews with Brault, director Bernardo Bertolucci, and actors Geneviève Bujold and Saul Rubinek
A Chairy Tale, a 1957 experimental short codirected by Jutra and Norman McLaren
Theatrical trailer
Optional English-dubbed soundtrack
New and improved English subtitle translation