Region 4 Winners and Losers

   Une Femme Mariée has been released twice recently in Region 1 in the United States after being unavailable on home video or DVD for a long time. The first release was by Facets in 2005 and the second was by Koch Lorber in 2009. The 2005 release by Facets contains an English dub but the video transfer is nowhere near as defined and sharp as the 2009 Koch Lorber release. Both Region 1 releases contain no extras.

    The Region 2 United Kingdom release by Masters of Cinema contains the same exemplary video transfer as the Region 4 release. An 80 page booklet is the main extra which includes a lengthy round-table discussion on the film by Luc Moullet, Bill Krohn and Craig Keller, an in-depth look into the film by Bill Krohn, Macha Méril's recollections on the film and other commentaries on the film, including Jean-Luc Godard's commentaries on films that influenced Une Femme Mariée.

    The Region 4 release contains the superlative audio commentary by Dr. Adrian Martin and is the only Regional release world wide with an audio commentary as an extra. Personally, I would settle for the Region 4 release, but the Region 2 version of Une Femme Mariée is of a similar quality in terms of DVD production.