Quartet ( The Merchant Ivory Collection ) (Criterion Collection) (US Version) DVD Region 1

Director James Ivory brings the bohemian Paris neighborhood of Montparnasse in the 1920s to life in this film based on the novel by Jean Rhys. Isabelle Adjani stars as Marya Zelli, a beautiful young wife who finds herself destitute after her art dealer husband is sent to prison for theft. A rich patron, H.J. Heidler (Alan Bates), and his painter wife, Lois (Maggie Smith), offer to take Marya in. Heidler, a womanizing ogre with a history of taking advantage of helpless young women, soon seduces Marya while Lois painfully accepts his philandering ways. Rhys based her novel on her own experiences as a young woman in Paris after her husband was sent to jail. The writer Ford Madox Ford, who promised to help the young novelist with her writing, befriended Rhys. He and his artist wife, Stella, took her in and Rhys became Ford's lover. However, as QUARTET reveals, there was no easy resolution to Rhys's or Marya's predicament.

"...Bright, brilliant and often immensely entertaining..." - Tom, Milne (Sight and Sound), Sight and Sound, 06/01/1981

"...Almost always entertaining to watch....Two remarkably interesting characterizations..." - Vincent, Canby (New York Times Critic), New York Times, 10/25/1981

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Product Title:	Quartet ( The Merchant Ivory Collection ) (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Quartet ( The Merchant Ivory Collection ) (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Quartet ( The Merchant Ivory Collection ) (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Quartet ( The Merchant Ivory Collection ) (Criterion Collection) (US Version) Quartet ( The Merchant Ivory Collection ) (Criterion Collection) (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Alan Bates (Actor) | Henrik Galeen (Actor) | Emily Corrie (Actor) | Maggie Smith (Actor) Alan Bates (Actor) | Henrik Galeen (Actor) | Emily Corrie (Actor) | Maggie Smith (Actor) Alan Bates (Actor) | Henrik Galeen (Actor) | Emily Corrie (Actor) | Maggie Smith (Actor) Ａｌａｎ Ｂａｔｅｓ (Actor) | Henrik Galeen (Actor) | Emily Corrie (Actor) | Maggie Smith (Actor) Alan Bates (Actor) | Henrik Galeen (Actor) | Emily Corrie (Actor) | Maggie Smith (Actor)
Director:	Melvil Poupaud 梅維爾普普 Melvil Poupaud Melvil Poupaud Melvil Poupaud
Producer:	Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian Eric Bogosian Ｅｒｉｃ Ｂｏｇｏｓｉａｎ Eric Bogosian
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Release Date:	2004-02-24
UPC Code:	037429179321
Language:	English, French
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	United Kingdom
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Criterion Collection
Package Weight:	113 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004398894

Director: James Ivory

DVD Features:

Region 1
Note: This is a new digital transfer.
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78
Audio:
Monaural - English/French
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: "Conversations With The Filmmakers"
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer