{"product_id":"divergent-view-the-films-of-bertrand-mandico-blu-ray-boxset","title":"Divergent View: The Films of Bertrand Mandico Blu-ray Boxset","description":"\u003cp\u003e'\u003cstrong\u003eDivergent View: The Feature Films of Bertrand Mandico\u003c\/strong\u003e' (2017-2023) Anti-Worlds \u003cem\u003eLimited Edition \u003c\/em\u003e3-Disc Blu-ray Boxset | \u003cem\u003eFrench w\/ English subtitles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThree films that re-imagine cult, underground, transgressive, psychedelic and experimental cinema through dazzling adventures into visual worlds and gender-defying travels in time and space. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Wild Boys \u003c\/strong\u003e(2017)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003eIn the early 20th century on French overseas colony of Réunion, five affluent teenage boys (portrayed by female actors) commit a violent and depraved crime involving the sexual assault of their teacher. As punishment, they are taken for rehabilitation onto a ship captain's dilapidated boat, where they will sail for a tropical island and undergo a profound physical and psychological transformation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--TgQPHd|||[]--\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-epip=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAfter Blue (Dirty Paradise)\u003c\/strong\u003e (2021)\u003cbr\u003eOn the women-only alien planet After Blue, a lonely, bullied teenager unearths a notorious assassin (named Kate Bush) who was buried in the sand, inadvertently unleashing a wave of violence across their community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe is Conann \u003c\/strong\u003e(2023)\u003cbr\u003eIn this dark reimagining of \u003cem\u003eConan the Barbarian\u003c\/em\u003e, a dog-headed underworld guardian tracks a woman across all six incarnations of her life with an Instamatic camera, from her time as a teenage slave captive to a barbarian horde, through the ranks of a savage Amazonian tribe, jumping through time to find work as a stuntwoman in the Bronx in the 90s — each played by a different actor, spanning 40 years of her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited Edition contents:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e80-page book with exclusively commissioned new writing and interviews from Willow MacClay on the Wild Boys, David Spittle on After Blue, Neil Fox on Conann, and more\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSpecial features include:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eAt the Edge of the Volcano \/ À côté du volcan (12mins)\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e- A short film by Elina Löwensohn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eArchipelago of Oblivion \/ L’Archipel des Oublies (18mins)\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e- shimmers and spectres from the world of \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Boys \u003c\/em\u003eby Bertrand Mandico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eInterviews with Bertrand Mandico and Elina Löwensohn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eVideo essay on \u003cem\u003eAfter Blue \u003c\/em\u003eby Maximilian Le Cain and by Chris O’Neill\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eI killed Kate Bush\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\/ J’ai tue Kate Bush (13mins)- shimmers and spectres from the world of \u003cem\u003eAfter Blue \u003c\/em\u003eby Bertrand Mandico\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThe Show Has Already Started \/ L’Emmission A Deja Commence (82 mins): A faux TV show that wraps around Mandico's Barbarian short films.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003eShort films: Rainer: A Vicious Dog in Skull Valley (26mins); We the Barbarians (26mins); The Last Cartoon (9mins); The Deviant Comedy + subs (65mins) \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"li1\"\u003eThe fictional rehearsals for the invisible show: CONANN THE BARBARIAN\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Film Shop IFI","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57492966736196,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0504\/9322\/7199\/files\/divergentviewbox.webp?v=1792251853","url":"https:\/\/film-shop-ifi.myshopify.com\/products\/divergent-view-the-films-of-bertrand-mandico-blu-ray-boxset","provider":"Film Shop IFI","version":"1.0","type":"link"}