Mélo [Blu-ray]

Director: Alain Resnais Alain Resnais

Overview

Director Alain Resnais faithfully adapted his script for Melo from a 1929 play by Henry Bernstein--the first time that Resnais handled his own screenplay. Violinists and lifelong friends Pierre Arditi and Andre Dussolier have each found happiness in adulthood, but only Dussolier has become famous. Ardati leads a contented life with his wife, Sabine Azema, little suspecting that she is enamored of Dussolier. An abortive plan to murder her husband leads to Azema's suicide, but Ardati remains blissfully unaware of her infidelities. When the truth is revealed to Ardati, Dussolier honors the memory of Azema by insisting that no illicit romance ever occurred. One of the more "linear" of Resnais' works, Melo, filmed in 1986, was given a general American release three years later.

Product Details

Release Date:	04/09/2019
UPC:	0760137233787
Original Release:	1986
Rating:	NR
Source:	Arrow Video
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:50:00
Sales rank:	26,510

Special Features

New appreciation by critic Jonathan Romney; Archive interview with director Alain Resnais; Archive interview with producer Marin Karmitz; Archive interviews with actors Pierre Arditi and André Dussolier; Archive interview with script supervisor Sylvette Baudrot; Archive interview with set designer Jacques Saulnier; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Pierre Arditi	Pierre Belcroix,Yvonne
Sabine Azema	Romaine Belcroix
André Dussollier	Marcel Blanc
Fanny Ardant	Christiane Levesque
Jacques Dacqmine	Dr. Remy
Hubert Gignoux	Priest

Technical Credits

Marin Karmitz	Producer
Alain Resnais	Director