Search - La Truite on DVD

Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Not For Children Movie Release: 1982 DVD Release: 03/30/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 44 mins Studio: Homevision Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Drama, Psychological Drama

This French sex farce is translated in English as The Trout. Joseph Losey directed and co-wrote the film, which stars Isabelle Huppert as Frederique, a young woman living on her family's rural trout farm. Frederique is trapped in a dull marriage to a rube. She decides to leave him and the trout farm for the city; she wants to make her living in the financial sector. She ends up in a cutthroat corporate world and meets up with the sophisticated Lou (the legendary Jeanne Moreau). Frederique finds herself trading sexual favors for corporate advancement and becoming more deeply involved in a complicated series of business dealings. Eventually, she longs for a return to her simpler life on the trout farm. ~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide

Isabelle Huppert - Frederique
Jeanne Moreau - Lou
Jean-Pierre Cassel - Rambert
Daniel Olbrychski - Saint-Genis
Lisette Malidor - Mariline

Joseph Losey directed this distinctive comedy drama, which has been given a straightforward presentation on DVD. La Truite has been given a letterboxed transfer to disc in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.66:1, which has also been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors. The audio has been mastered in Dolby Digital Mono. The dialogue is in French with optional subtitles in English. Bonus materials include an essay by author Brian McFarlane and filmographies for Losey and stars Jeanne Moreau and Isabelle Huppert. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide