The Baker's Wife [Criterion Collection] ( Blu-ray ) 07/16/19

The warmth and wit of celebrated playwright turned cinema auteur Marcel Pagnol shine in this enchanting slice-of-life comedy. Returning to the Provencal countryside he knew intimately, Pagnol draws a vivid portrait of a close-knit village where the marital woes of a sweetly deluded baker (the inimitable Raimu, praised by no less than Orson Welles as the greatest actor who ever lived) snowball into a scandal that engulfs the entire town. Marrying the director's abiding concern for the experiences of ordinary people with an understated but superbly judged visual style, The Baker's Wife is at once wonderfully droll and piercingly perceptive in it's depiction of the complexities of human relationships.

CONDITION: NEW

Actors: Raimu
Format: Blu-ray, Subtitled
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Dubbed: French
Region: Region A/1
Number of discs: 1
Rated:
NR
Not Rated
Studio: The Criterion Collection
DVD Release Date: July 16, 2019

Cast & Crew

Raimu Aimable, the baker
Ginette Leclerc Aurelie, The Baker's Wife
Charles Moulin Dominique, the Shepherd
Fernand Charpin The Marquis
Robert Vattier The Curate
Maximilienne Actor
Maupi Barnabe
Odette Roger Miette
Alida Rouffe The priest's servant
Charles Moulton Dominique, the Shepherd
Robert Brassac The Schoolteacher
Charles Blavette Antonin
Edouard Delmont Maillefer
Julien Maffre Petugne

Technical Credits

Marcel Pagnol Director,Screenwriter
Georges Benoit Cinematographer
Hakim Brothers Producer
N. Daries Cinematographer
Henri Daries Cinematographer
Suzanne de Troeye Editor
Raymond Hakim Producer
Robert Hakim Producer
Roger Ledru Cinematographer
R. Lendruz Cinematographer
Marguerite Renoir Editor
Vincent Scotto Score Composer