Time to Play: Films by Jacques Rozie

Time to Play: Films by Jacques Rozie

Time to Play: Films by Jacques Rozie

One of the most original, self-assured, yet undersung voices of the French New Wave, Jacques Rozier crafted across a career spanning five decades a cinema attuned to the beauty and heartbreak of chance encounters, improvised days and spontaneous play. This box set presents the UK Blu-ray premiere of his five feature films and several of his short films across five discs.

In Adieu Philippine (1962), two girls and a young man spend an idyllic few days in Corsica, his upcoming military service in Algeria looming on the horizon. Also abandoning Paris for the seaside, three girlfriends enjoy a languorous late summer break in Near Orouët (1971). A promised Robinson Crusoe experience in the Caribbean turns into something much more chaotic in The Castaways of Turtle Island (1976). Maine-Ocean Express (1986) follows strangers on a wild adventure across the language barrier. In the backstage comedy Fifi Martingale (2001), a superstitious theatre makes catastrophic changes to a successful play.

BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES

K restorations of Near Orouët and Maine-Ocean Express

2K restorations of Adieu Philippine, The Castaways of Turtle Island, and Fifi Martingale

2K restorations of the short films Blue Jeans (1958, 24 mins), Paparazzi (1963, 22 mins), and Le parti des choses (1963, 11 mins)

Uncompressed mono PCM audio for each film

New interview with celebrated arthouse distributor Robert Beeson about the reception of the French New Wave in the UK (2026)

Archival trailer for Adieu Philippine (1962, 7 mins)

Interview with Adieu Philippine star Yveline Céry (2024, 11 mins)

Interview with Jean-François Stévenin, assistant director on Near Orouët (2008, 9 mins)

Interview with frequent Rozier collaborator, actor Bernard Ménez (2008, 19 mins)

Interview with The Castaways of Turtle Island star Jacques Villeret (2008, 7 mins)

Jacques Rozier: From One Wave to Another – a feature length documentary by Emmanuel Barnault tracing Rozier’s unusual career and his lasting influence, rich in interviews and footage of the director at work; exclusive to this Limited Edition

Newly improved English subtitle translation for each film

Reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow

Limited edition 80-page book featuring new writing by Caitlin Quinlan, plus writing by and interviews with Rozier

More TBC

Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

SKU: B0GGC8DL97

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