A Woman Kills Blu-ray

Release Year: 1968

Runtime: 68 min

Director: Jean-Denis Bonan

Cast: Claude Merlin, Solange Pradel, Myriam Mézières, Jackie Raynal, Catherine Deville

Studios: Luna Park Films

Paris, in the 1960s. A series of crimes troubles the public tranquility. On March, 22, 1968, Hélène Picard, a prostitute sentenced to death two years before for several murders, is killed by executioner Louis Guilbeau. Immediately, the violent crimes, similar to Hélène’s ones, go on again. In parallel, Louis is having an affair with the police woman in charge of the investigation… What are the obscure relations hidden behind the executioner and the mysterious killer? Who is this dark man in reality?

Special Features:

2K restoration of the film from the original 16mm elements

Original uncompressed mono PCM audio

Audio commentary by critics Kat Ellinger and Virginie Sélavy

Introduction by Virginie Sélavy

On the Margin: The Cursed Films of Jean-Denis Bonan

(Francis Lecomte, 2015/2022, 37 mins) - a newly updated documentary featuring director Jean-Denis Bonan, cinematographer Gérard de Battista, editor Mireille Abramovici, musician Daniel Laloux, and actress Jackie Rynal.

Short films by Jean-Denis Bonan

The Short Life of Monsieur Meucieu (1962, 13 mins); A Crime of Love (1965, 7 mins, rushes of an incomplete film, narrated by Bonan); Sadness of the Anthropophagi (1966, 24 mins); Crazy Mathieu (1967, 17 mins); A Season with Mankind (1967, 19 mins).

Trailer

Newly translated English subtitles

Technical Specifications:

• Dolby Audio