Cold Water - The Criterion Collection

Olivier Assayas's long‐unavailable early masterpiece, a coming‐of‐age story propelled by music, newly restored Long unavailable, this deeply felt coming‐of‐age drama by OLIVIER ASSAYAS (Personal Shopper) has until now been a missing link in one of contemporary cinema's richest bodies of work. Drawing from his own youthful experiences, Assayas revisits the outskirts of Paris in the early 1970s, telling the story of teenage lovers Gilles (CYPRIEN FOUQUET) and Christine (A Single Girl's VIRGINIE LEDOYEN), whose rebellions against family and society threaten to tear them apart. The visceral realism of the movie's narrative and the near experimentalism of its camera work come together effortlessly thanks to a rock soundtrack that vividly evokes the period. With one of the most memorable party sequences ever committed to film as a centrepiece, Cold Water is a heart‐breaking immersion in the emotional tumult of being young.Features:DIRECTOR‐APPROVED BLU‐RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURESNew 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Olivier Assayas, with 5.1 surroundDTS‐HD Master Audio soundtrackNew interview with AssayasNew interview with cinematographer Denis LenoirExcerpt from a 1994 French television programme on the film featuring Assayas andactors Virginie Ledoyen and Cyprien FouquetNew English subtitle translationPLUS: An essay by critic Girish Shambu