"Actor: Laurence Dubas"

• The Escapees (Limited Edition Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (09/12/2024) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Between the dystopian paranoia of The Night of the Hunted and the visceral excesses of The Living Dead Girl, director Jean Rollin takes a surreal detour into the Parisian demi-monde with The Escapees (Les Echappées, also known as Les Paumées du petit matin). When two young women, the wayward Michelle (Laurence Dubas) and the withdrawn Marie (Christiane Coppé), escape from an asylum, they find themselves drifting through a nightmarish world of burlesque troupes, lascivious sailors, and hardened criminals. After a violent confrontation, the police close in... With its supporting cast of key collaborators, including actors Brigitte Lahaie (Fascination), Louise Dhor (Requiem for a Vampire), Bernard Papineau (The Night of the Hunted), Jean-Loup Philippe (Lips of Blood), Natalie Perry (The Nude Vampire) and composer Philippe D'Aram (Two Orphan Vampires), The Escapees is at once atypical, yet unmistakeably Rollin. INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES New 4K restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films Two presentations of the film: Les Échappées, Jean Rollin's original version; and Les Paumées du petit matin, the alternative version with re-ordered scenes Original mono audio Audio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2024) One Day in Paris (2008): far-reaching interview with Rollin in which he discusses The Escapees and his other films Quant à Louise (2024): regular Rollin collaborators Natalie Perrey and Jean-Pierre Bouyxou remember actress Louise Dhour Previously unseen interview with actor Jean-Loup Phillipe (2024) Critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower (2024) Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenes New and improved English translation subtitles Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Lucas Balbo, archival writing on the film by Jean Rollin, an archival interview with the director, an archival interview with composer Philippe D'Aram, a tribute to Rollin by fantastique cinema expert Nicolas Stanzick, and full film credits Limited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US

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  Between the dystopian paranoia of The Night of the Hunted and the visceral excesses of The Living Dead Girl, director Jean Rollin takes a surreal detour into the Parisian demi-monde with The Escapees (Les Echappées, also known as Les Paumées du petit matin). When two young women, the wayward Michelle (Laurence Dubas) and the withdrawn Marie (Christiane Coppé), escape from an asylum, they find themselves drifting through a nightmarish world of burlesque troupes, lascivious sailors, and hardened criminals. After a violent confrontation, the police close in... With its supporting cast of key collaborators, including actors Brigitte Lahaie (Fascination), Louise Dhor (Requiem for a Vampire), Bernard Papineau (The Night of the Hunted), Jean-Loup Philippe (Lips of Blood), Natalie Perry (The Nude Vampire) and composer Philippe D'Aram (Two Orphan Vampires), The Escapees is at once atypical, yet unmistakeably Rollin. INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD SPECIAL FEATURESNew 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)Two presentations of the film: Les Échappées, Jean Rollin's original version; and Les Paumées du petit matin, the alternative version with re-ordered scenesOriginal mono audioAudio commentary with film expert Tim Lucas (2024)One Day in Paris (2008): far-reaching interview with Rollin in which he discusses The Escapees and his other filmsQuant à Louise (2024): regular Rollin collaborators Natalie Perrey and Jean-Pierre Bouyxou remember actress Louise Dhour Previously unseen interview with actor Jean-Loup Phillipe (2024)Critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower (2024)Image gallery: promotional and publicity material, and behind the scenesNew and improved English translation subtitlesLimited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Lucas Balbo, archival writing on the film by Jean Rollin, an archival interview with the director, an archival interview with composer Philippe D'Aram, a tribute to Rollin by fantastique cinema expert Nicolas Stanzick, and full film creditsWorld premiere on 4K UHDLimited edition of 10,000 individually numbered units (6,000 4K UHDs and 4,000 Blu-rays) for the UK and US

• The Escapees | Blu Ray | (05/02/2018) from £12.25   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Jean Rollin's The Escapees revisits the director's fascination with pairs of women who wander, dreamlike, through a modern dystopia. Two female patients one rebellious (Laurence Dubas), the other despondent (Christiane Coppé) flee the grounds of a mental hospital and drift across the French countryside. After finding refuge among a band of gypsy-like exotic dancers, they cross paths with a petty criminal (Marianne Valiot), an aging fortune-teller (Louise Dhour) and a quartet of swingers with sinister intentions.

• The Escapees | DVD | (09/02/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The escapees is aside from Rollin's adult title La Comtesse Ixe one of Rollin's most obscure and rare films having only ever been released on video in Canada and Turkey in miniscule numbers. This release marks both its DVD debut and the first time that it is being seen in its correct state as the master for this release was created from the original negative and supervised throughout its creation by Rollin himself. The film is at times brilliant and at others maddeningly frustrating as Rollin's story of two wayward girls on the run from an institution wanders from the fantastic to the farcical and back again. Written by Rollin and Jacques Ralf an associate brought in by the financiers The Escapees contains all the magic and fairytale qualities of films like Fascination and Requiem For A Vampire but somehow never quite reaches their brilliance. That said The Escapees has everything one expects from a Rollin film including two beautiful young women scenes of death burlesque shows in a junkyard and Brigitte Lahaie!