L'humanité / un film de Bruno Dumont ; scénario et dialogues, Bruno Dumont ; producteurs délégués, Jean Bréhat et Rachid Bouchareb ; une coproduction 3B Productions, Arte France Cinéma, CRRAV.

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"The transcendent second feature by Bruno Dumont probes the wonder and horror of the human condition through the story of a profoundly alientated police detective (the indelibly sad-eyed Emmanuel Schotté, winner of an upset best actor prize at Cannes for his first film performance) who, while invest...

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Uniform Title:Criterion collection ; 981.
Corporate Authors: 3B Productions (Production company)
Arte France cinéma (Firm) (Production company)
Centre régional de ressources audiovisuelles (Production company)
Criterion Collection (Firm) (Publisher)
Other Authors: Dumont, Bruno, 1958- (Film director, Screenwriter)
Bréhat, Jean (Film producer)
Bouchareb, Rachid (Film producer)
Schotté, Emmanuel (Actor)
Caneele, Séverine, 1974- (Actor)
Tullier, Philippe (Actor)
Ghesquière, Ghislain (Actor)
Allègre, Ginette (Actor)
Cape, Yves (director of photography.)
Lecorne, Guy (Editor of moving image work)
Cuvillier, Richard (composer (expression))
Language:French
English
Language of the Original:
French
Language and/or Writing System:
French dialogue with optional subtitles in English.
Published: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2019]
Edition:Director-approved DVD special edition.
Series:Criterion collection ; 981.
Subjects:
Murder > Investigation > France > Drama.
Rape > Investigation > France > Drama.
Police > France > Drama.
Criminal investigation.
Murder.
Murder > Investigation.
France.
Detective and mystery films.
Police films.
Feature films.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Genre:
Drama.
Detective and mystery films.
Police films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded-out leaflet (10 pages : color illustrations, 18 cm).
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
"The transcendent second feature by Bruno Dumont probes the wonder and horror of the human condition through the story of a profoundly alientated police detective (the indelibly sad-eyed Emmanuel Schotté, winner of an upset best actor prize at Cannes for his first film performance) who, while investigating the murder of a young girl, experiences jolting, epiphanous moments of emotional and physical connection. Demonstrating Dumont's deftness with nonactors and relentlessly frank depiction of bodies and sexuality, L'humanite is at once an idiosyncratic police procedural and a provocative exploration of the tension between humankind's capacity for compassion and our base, sometimes barbarous animal instincts"--Container.
Note:Title from screen credits.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.
Accompanied by a fold-out leaflet featuring an essay, "Ordinary human behavior", by critic Nicholas Elliott.
Features: New 4K digital restoration, approved by director Bruno Dumont; 2019 interview with Dumont; Conversation between Dumont and critic Philippe Rouyer from 2014; Segment from a 2000 episode of the French television Tendances featuring actress Séverine Caneele; Segment from a 1999 French television-news program featuring Dumont; Trailer; New English subtitle translation.
Call Number:PN1995.9.D4 H86 2019 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
ISBN:9781681436012
1681436019
Credits:Director of photography, Yves Cape ; editor, Guy Lecorne ; music, Richard Cuvillier.
System Details:DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
Cast:
Emmanuel Schotté, Séverine Caneele, Philippe Tullier, Ghislain Ghesquière, Ginette Allègre.