Icy Flesh (Les seins de glace) (1974)

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General		Extras
Category	Thriller	None
Rating
Year Of Production	1974
Running Time	101:48
RSDL / Flipper	Dual Layered	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	4	Directed By	Georges Lautner
Studio Distributor	Canal+ Madman Entertainment	Starring	Alain Delon Mireille Darc Claude Brasseur Fiore Altoviti Emilio Messina André Falcon Michel Peyrelon Philippe Castelli Jean-Pierre Lorrain Jean Luisi Mario Darsac Nicoletta Machiavelli
Case	?
RPI	?	Music	Philippe Sarde

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (224Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.66:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.66:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No
Subtitles	None	Smoking	Yes
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

     Alain Delon and Mireille Darc, who were romantically involved at the time, star together in Les Seins de glace, a mystery which is reminiscent of a Hitchcock thriller.

     The film opens with a distraught Peggy (Darc), wandering the beach in the winter mist. François (Claude Brasseur), who is a scriptwriter sees the blonde Peggy and is immediately smitten. François follows her around town trying to get her attention - initially Peggy, ignores the harmless François but eventually she allows him to come with her to her secluded home.

     Upon arrival François meets Peggy’s shady lawyer Marc Rilson (Delon), who warns François Peggy is mentally ill and has murdered her husband. François refuses to believe Marc and instead goes on the run with Peggy ... however François’ plans swiftly come undone.

Video

     Madman have done a decent job of encoding the feature film on a Dual Layer DVD, however the print of the film is somewhat damaged.

     The grain, scratches and assorted artefacts resulting from the print damage are more apparent during the scenes set at night.

     There are no apparent MPEG Compression artefacts.

     The colour is satisfactory, but may seem overly bright for some viewers; again this is a fault of the print.

     Overall considering this film is thirty five years old and is not restored, this transfer is acceptable.

     There are no subtitle options on this DVD.

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Audio

     The 2.0 English Dolby Digital stereo dubbed soundtrack remains clear and does not exhibit any errors.

     As this film is mostly dialogue orientated, the stereo soundtrack is suitable.

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Main Menu

     The Main Menu is composed of a still image derived from the feature film. There are 12 Scene Selections.

     This film is currently only available locally as part of the ‘French Screen Icons- Alain Delon 2’ boxset. At the time of writing, the 2005 R2 (France) release is out of print.

     Les Seins de glace is a mystery which is reminiscent of a Hitchcock thriller.

     The DVD is adequately produced, with satisfactory picture considering the age of the film, however the only soundtrack option is a Dubbed English soundtrack, not the original French soundtrack.

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