Clouds of Sils Maria

NOTE: This is a region-1 DVD which requires a region free DVD-player player.

This multilayered, immensely entertaining drama from the great contemporary French director Olivier Assayas is a singular look at the intersection of high art and popular culture. The always extraordinary Juliette Binoche is stirring as Maria, a stage and screen icon who is being courted to star in a new production of the play that made her famous—only this time she must assume the role of the older woman. Kristen Stewart matches her punch for punch as her beleaguered assistant, called upon to provide support both professional and emotional for her mercurial boss. And Chloë Grace Moretz is Maria’s callow new castmate, a starlet waiting in the wings. An amorphous, soul-searching tale, filled with ethereal images of its Swiss Alps setting, Clouds of Sils Maria brilliantly dramatizes one woman’s reckoning with herself and
the world.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
– 2K digital master, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray
– Beyond Time, a new interview with director Olivier Assayas
– Parallel Lives, a new program featuring actors Juliette Binoche and Kristen Stewart on their roles in the film
– Cloud Phenomena of Maloja, a silent 1924 documentary by Arnold Fanck that is seen in the film
– Trailer
– PLUS: An essay by critic Molly Haskell