Cœur fidèle / la Cinémathèque Française presente ; scénario et réalisation, Jean Epstein.

[London] : Eureka Entertainment, ©2011.

2 videodiscs (approximately 84 min.) : sil., black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (41 pages : illustrations, black and white ; 15 cm).

Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating.

"Jean Epstein's Coeur fidèle [True Heart] established the great French filmmaker as one of the most inventive directors of the (then still silent) art form. A pared-down tale of a barmaid oppressed by an exploitative foster family who attempt to push her into the arms of an unscrupulous regular-about-town, Marie's heart (exuberantly vivified by Gina Marès) belongs, as far as she's concerned, to the tenderly blank Jean (Lèon Mathot) ... Coeur fidèle drives its simple story (which, with its infamous and exhilarating "carousel sequence", helped pave the way for the narrative tradition of such Murnau masterworks as Sunrise and City Girl) on into the realm of what might be considered an early incarnation of French poetic realism -- all while still anticipating Epstein's magical, post-surrealist, later works"--Container.

Also known as: Faithful heart

Images / Video & Film

French

May 16, 2018

New score composed and performed by Maxence Cyrin.

Léon Mathot, Gina Manès, Edmond Van Daële.

Blu-ray disc, region B 1080p AVC encode; DTS-HD Master Audio; DVD, region 2; stereo; 1.37:1 original aspect ratio.