Culver City, CA (August 30, 2010) Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is pleased to announce the DVD release of Wild Grass, a new film from legendary director Alain Resnais (Last Year at Marienbad, Hiroshima Mon Amour). This charming film from Sony Pictures Classics, which opened the 2009 New York Film Festival, will be released on DVD on October 26, 2010. Wild Grass stars Sabine Azéma (Private Fears in Public Places) and André Dussollier (Micmacs, A Very Long Engagement) and will be available for an SLP of $28.96. Special features on the DVD will include a featurette about the production designer Jacques Saulnier.
Filmmaker Alain Resnais’s career spans more than 60 years and he was honored at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival with a Lifetime Achievement Award “for his work and exceptional contribution to the history of cinema.” In describing Wild Grass, Keith Uhlich of Time Out New York stated, “Psychodrama, sex farce, tragedy, comedy: Resnais’ masterpiece is all of these things and more.” Wild Grass also won the Jury Special Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the top honors, the Palm d’Or.
Synopsis
A wallet lost and found opens the door – slightly – to Georges and Marguerite’s romantic adventure. After examining the ID of its owner, it is not a simple matter for Georges to turn in to the police the red wallet he has found. Nor can Marguerite retrieve her wallet without being piqued by curiosity about the person who found it. As Georges and Marguerite navigate the social protocols of giving and acknowledging thanks, turbulence enters their everyday lives. Wild Grass is based on the novel “L’incident” by French novelist Christian Gailly.
DVD BONUS FEATURES INCLUDE:
“Portrait of Jacques Saulnier” (Production Designer)
