Passe ton Bac d'abord: The Masters of Cinema Series

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AKA Graduate First
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 81min
Retail Price: 19.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Graduate First is a day-in-the-life film about a group of friends from a working-class community in the suburbs of France. After finishing their formal educations, they roam around their town plagued by apathy.

Special Features:
An 11-minute, 2003 video interview with Pialat collaborator's Arlette Langmann and Patrick Grandperret, conducted by Serge Toubiana (former editor-in-chief of Cahiers du cinéma and director of the Cinémathèque Française).

Après le bac [After the Bac] -- a 26-minute, 2003 documentary featurette by Serge Toubiana and Sonia Buchman that catches up with the cast and setting of the film in the present era.

Original trailer for the film, and trailers for the six other Maurice Pialat features available from The Masters of Cinema Series.

A lengthy booklet with a new essay by filmmaker and educator Jean-Pierre Gorin, and newly translated interviews with Maurice Pialat.

Video Tracks:
Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1

Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono French

Subtitle Tracks:
English

Directed By:
Maurice Pialat

Written By:

Starring:
Sabine Haudepin
Philippe Marlaud
Annick Alane
Michel Caron
Christian Bouillette
Bernard Tronczak
Patrick Lepcynski
Valérie Chassigneux
Jean-François Adam
Agnès Makowiak
Charline Bourré
Patrick Playez
Muriel Lacroix
Frédérique Cerbonnet
Fabienne Neuville
Aline Fayard

Soundtrack By:
Voyage

Director of Photography:
Pierre-William Glenn
Jean-Paul Janssen

Editor:
Sophie Coussein
Martine Giordano
Arlette Langmann

Distributor:
Eureka Video
The Masters of Cinema Series

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