Cosmos

Out on:Blu-Ray 17th Oct. 2016
DVD 17th Oct. 2016

When two young men arrive at a family-run guesthouse in rural France, their anticipation of a few days’ peace and quiet is undermined by a variety of sinister occurrences. A small bird is found murdered, its neck in a tiny noose, a strangely sexualized stain appears on a wall, and a slug crawls across the breakfast tray.

Are these all signs comprising a portent of truly cosmic significance, or merely bizarre coincidences? And is it any wonder that one of the visitors, Witold (piercing-eyed Jonathan Genet) has such difficulty writing his novel, or that his companion Fuchs (Johan Libéreau) prefers to find solace in earthier pleasures?

The final film by the late Andrzej Żuławski, director of the legendary Possession (the only Cannes-winning arthouse film to be officially classified as a video nasty), Cosmos adapts Witold Gombrowicz’s legendarily challenging novel into a beguilingly witty combination of (deceptively) lighthearted French farce and a complex, knowing reflection on the absurdities both of humanity itself and the way that we define our notion of the universe according to our individual hang-ups.

SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS:
High Definition digital transfer of the film supervised by Andrzej Żuławski
New subtitle translation approved by Żuławski
Hanging Sparrows: A retrospective making of interview featurette including cast (Jonathan Genet, Victoria Guerra, Jean-Francois Balmer, Clementine Pons), crew (cinematographer Andre Szankowski and others) and archive footage of director Andrzej Zulawski
A Brief History of Gombrowicz - An interview with Rita Gombrowicz and on the life and work of Witold Gombrowicz
Bleurgh - Daniel Bird on the films of Andrzej Zulawski and adapting Cosmos into English
Trailers
Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork options

First pressing only: Collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the film

DETAILS
Region: B/2
Duration: 103 mins
Language: French
Subtitles: English
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audio: TBC
Discs: 1
Colour

BLU-RAY
Cat No: FCD1368
Barcode: 5027035015361
RRP £19.99 (website price £15.99)

DVD
Cat No: FCD1369
Barcode: 5027035015378
RRP £17.99 (website price £13.99)

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RELEASE INFORMATION

Distributor
Arrow Academy
Release date
17th October, 2016

KEY TALENT INFORMATION

Director
Andrzej Żuławski
Stars
  • Sabine Azéma
  • Jean-François Balmer
  • Jonathan Genet

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