Marie (Coppé) finds her daily routine of sitting outside in a rocking chair disrupted with the arrival of 
Michelle (Dubas), who decides to drag her along on an escape attempt into the woods. In the outside world they hook up with a traveling circus called "Maurice and His Exotic Dancers," become entangled with a gang of bikers, drink wine and have sex with a bunch of social dropouts on a ship, mingle with some lesbian sailors and a debauched Brigitte Lahaie, and finally meet their fatalistic destiny on a rain-soaked pier. In the world of writer-director Jean Rollin, it could happen to anyone.
with their prior Rollin releases in a slightly letterboxed, 
interlaced non-anamorphic transfer that already looked dated and rough but watchable given its rarity at the time. The only really substantial extra here was a new 32-minute Rollin interview in which he discusses the film in depth, saying “enough with the vampire films” at the time as he wanted to do a "real film with a real story." However, he wound up working with two different scripts put together and had to adapt severely along the way during shooting, particularly with the haunting ice rink scene which w as "terrible" on page but wound up being the best moment in the entire film. A stills gallery and additional, unrelated Redemption trailers fill out the rest of the disc. The film was later reissued on Blu-ray and DVD from Kino Lorber in 2015, with the expected bump in quality about on par with the label's other Rollin releases including a fair mount of element damage. 
pushing out greater depths in the night scenes where glowing lights take on a greater significance. It's a very dark, overcast film for most of the running time, and it's unlikely there's any way it could look better than it does here. The 1.66:1 framing here is also much better than the cropped 1.78:1 on the prior Blu-ray. The 
French LPCM 1.0 mono audio is also in perfect condition and features newly translated, improved English subtitles. Presented in HD on either disc option is the alternate Les paumées du petit matin cut (105m31s) which slightly trims the film and does a bit of scene reshuffling apparently at the whim of the distributor. The original version comes with a new audio commentary by Tim Lucas who does a skillful job of walking you through the background of this film including its Jacques Brel connections, its placement between two other key Rollin titles, its limited release history, the backgrounds of the actors, and the themes connecting it to the filmmaker's more fantastical work. "One Day in Paris" (29m20s) is a refined edit of Redemption's Rollin interview about this film and his overall output around this time, while "Quant à Louise" (4m41s) is a brief reminiscence of striking actor Louise Dhor by Rollin collaborators Natalie Perrey and Jean-Pierre Bouyxou. The previously unreleased interview "Monsieur Loup et la folie" (8m46s) features actor and writer Jean-Loup Philippe looking back at his friendship and collaborations with Rollin, which most prominently included his leading role and other contributions to Lips of Blood, and includes a lengthy reading of one of their works together. Finally in "A Secret Room" (34m55s), Stephen Thrower provides a perceptive case for this film as a significant Rollin entry despite its relatively hidden status while also covering its production in great detail and pointing out little details you might have missed. A gallery of 46 promotional and production images is also included, while the package comes with an insert book featuring the essay "Of Dropouts and Lost Films" by Lucas Balbo, a pressbook, a Rollin text intro, a 1973 interview with Rollin by Jean-Marie Sabatier, a 2021 article on the director by Nicolas Stanzick, and a 2007 text interview with D'Aram.Indicator (UHD)
Kino Lorber (Blu-ray)
