THEMROC (1973)
Living at home with his mother, bachelor house painter Themroc (Michel Piccoli, Belle de Jour) leads a dull life. One day, after an unearned run-in with his boss, the usually docile Themroc rebels and dismantles his myopic world. Made on a shoestring budget with no intelligible dialogue, Claude Faraldo’s cult taboo-busting satire about a French blue-collar worker-turned-urban caveman anarchically eviscerates mid-century labour and gender politics. Never released on disc in the UK, Themroc may be familiar to British audiences from Channel 4's infamous Red Triangle showings, intended for adults only; now this savage satire can be seen again, newly presented on Blu-ray from a 4K restoration.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES
- 4K Restoration from the original negative by StudioCanal
- Original uncompressed PCM mono audio
- Interview with critic David Thompson (2025)
- Interview with actor Michel Piccoli and director Claude Faraldo (1973)
- Interview with Manuela Lazic on Michel Piccoli (2025)
- Gallery
- Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Smith
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Alison Smith, author of French Cinema in the 1970s The echoes of May
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
