When two young men arrive at a family-run guesthouse in rural France, their anticipation of a few days' peace and quiet is undermined by a variety of sinister occurrences. A small bird is found murdered, its neck in a tiny noose, a strangely sexualized stain appears on a wall, and a slug crawls across the breakfast tray. Are these all signs comprising a portent of truly cosmic significance, or merely bizarre coincidences? And is it any wonder that one of the visitors, Witold (piercing-eyed Jonathan Genet) has such difficulty writing his novel, or that his companion... Fuchs (Johan Libéreau) prefers to find solace in earthier pleasures? The final film by the late Andrzej Å»uÅawski, director of the legendary Possession (the only Cannes-winning arthouse film to be officially classified as a video nasty), Cosmos adapts Witold Gombrowicz's legendarily challenging novel into a beguilingly witty combination of (deceptively) lighthearted French farce and a complex, knowing reflection on the absurdities both of humanity itself and the way that we define our notion of the universe according to our individual hang-ups. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition digital transfer of the film supervised by Andrzej Å»uÅawski New subtitle translation approved by Å»uÅawski Hanging Sparrows: A retrospective making of interview featurette including cast (Jonathan Genet, Victoria Guerra, Jean-Francois Balmer, Clementine Pons), crew (cinematographer Andre Szankowski and others) and archive footage of director Andrzej Zulawski A Brief History of Gombrowicz - An interview with Rita Gombrowicz and on the life and work of Witold Gombrowicz Bleurgh - Daniel Bird on the films of Andrzej Zulawski and adapting Cosmos into English Trailers Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork options [show more]
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Andrzej Zulawski directs this psychological drama, adapted from Witold Gombrowicz's novel. Struggling law student Witold (Jonathan Genet) arrives at a secluded French guest house for some much needed time away with his friend Fuchs (Johan Libéreau). After being welcomed by owner Madame Woytis (Sabine Azéma), Witold goes for a walk in the woods, only to be confronted by the disturbing scene of a sparrow hanging from a tree. When a number of other objects are subsequently found hanging in the same way, Witold and the others begin to believe that the sinister discoveries are a sign that one of them could be next.
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