Secret Defense [Digitally Remastered Edition]

[Machine Translation] The masterpiece by French master filmmaker Jacques Rivette, who has long enthralled moviegoers around the world with his mesmerizing visual magic and as a central figure of the "Nouvelle Vague," is now available in Japan for the first time in its long-awaited, latest master version! This is a masterpiece of Rivette's late period, a suspense film that has not been released in Japan for a long time, but is renowned as a masterpiece representing his late period. --One day, Sylvie, who works at a research institute, is visited by her brother Paul. He tells her that their father's death was not actually caused by an accident, but that he was killed by Valser, the man who was his right-hand man. Instead of Paul's immediate revenge, Sylvie begins her own investigation, which leads to an unexpected turn of events. Sandrine Bonheur, known for "Winter Journey" ('85) and "The Tailor's Love" ('89), and who starred in Rivette's previous films, "Jeanne, Angel of Love and Freedom" and "Jeanne, Rose of the Cross" ('94), gives a cool performance as the heroine. What is the end of the "secret defense" that awaits the story, which starts out as a tale of revenge, but which is now filled with ghostly characters, mysteries, and love-hate relationships? The astonishing train sequence that links the past and present, Paris and the outside of the city, inside and outside the labyrinth, is the essence of Rivette's films. Witness this rarely screened, unknown masterpiece! Commentary leaflet and postcard enclosed!

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その魅惑的な映像マジックによって、そして"ヌーヴェルヴァーグ"の中心人物として、長年にわたり世界の映画ファンを夢中にさせるフランスの巨匠ジャック・リヴェット監督の傑作を、最新マスターで待望の国内初ソフト化!! 長らく日本未公開でありながら、後期を代表する名作と名高い、リヴェット後期の大傑作サスペンス。――研究所に勤めるシルヴィのもとにある日、弟のポールが訪ねてくる。彼は父の死は実は事故が原因ではなく、右腕だった男ヴァルサーに殺されたのだという。すぐにでも復讐しようとするポールの代わりにシルヴィは独自の調査に乗り出すが、思いがけない事態に展開してゆく。『冬の旅』(85)や『仕立て屋の恋』(89)で知られ、リヴェット作品では本作の前に『ジャンヌ 愛と自由の天使』『ジャンヌ 薔薇の十字架』(94)で主演を務めたサンドリーヌ・ボネールがヒロインをクールに好演。復讐譚として出発する物語に次々と立ち現れる、まるで亡霊のような人物たち、謎と愛憎が絡み合う先に待ち受ける＜シークレット・ディフェンス＞の果てとは──? 過去と現在、パリと市外、迷宮の内と外とを結びつける電車を用いた驚異のシークエンスはリヴェット映画の真骨頂。滅多に上映機会のない、知られざる傑作を目撃せよ! 解説リーフレット、ポストカードを封入!