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This special limited edition Blu-ray comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo (designed by Robert Sammelin), includes a 40-page perfect bound book (limited edition only), and is limited to 2,000 units.
Two classic sex comedies from Québec’s “Maple Syrup Porno” movement.
TWO WOMEN IN GOLD (DEUX FEMMES EN OR) – Feeling neglected by their husbands, bored housewives Fernande (Naked Lunch’s Monique Mercure) and Violette (Panic’s Louise Turcot) embrace a new spirit of liberated promiscuity, delighting in casual sex with the men in their suburban neighbourhood. After establishing himself as a director of documentary shorts, Claude Fournier graduated to feature filmmaking with this explicit sex comedy written in collaboration with his wife Marie-José Raymond. More than simply confirming the commercial viability of the “Maple Syrup Porno” movement,Two Women in Goldwent on to become one of the biggest box office successes in the history of Québec, inspiring countless imitators and a 2025 remake.
THE APPLE, THE STEM AND THE SEEDS! (LA POMME, LA QUEUE ET LES PEPINS) – Riding high on the sexual vitality of their blossoming romance, Martial (Gina’s Donald Lautrec) and Louise (The Red Kitchen’s Han Masson) are thrown a curveball when Martial emerges from their wedding day with a crippling case of impotence. As Louise grows frustrated with her new state of celibacy, friends, family, and scientists join forces to help Martial recapture his virility. Four years afterTwo Women in Gold, Fournier and Raymond partnered with the “Maple Syrup Porno” pioneers at Cinépix to deliver an exercise in heightened bad taste and bawdy screwball absurdity that remains their most outrageous effort.
directed by: Claude Fournier starring: Monique Mercure, Louise Turcot, Marcel Sabourin, Donald Pilon, Donald Lautrec, Han Masson, Roméo Pérusse, Janine Sutto 1970, 1974 / 194 min (combined) / 2.35:1, 1.85:1 / French DTS-HD MA 2.0
Additional info:
Region A Blu-ray
Scanned and restored by Éléphant - mémoire du cinéma québécois
NewTwo Women in Goldaudio commentary featuring writer/film programmer Justine Peres Smith and film historian Alex Rose
NewThe Apple, the Stem and the Seeds!audio commentary featuring writer/film critic Ralph Elawani and Rose
New introductions for both films featuring writer/producer Marie-José Raymond
New interview with Raymond onTwo Women in Gold
New interview with Raymond onThe Apple, the Stem and the Seeds!
Maple Syrup Promo (1969-1975, 23 min.) - Theatrical trailers forTwo Women in Gold,The Apple, the Stem and the Seeds!, and eight other “Maple Syrup Porno” films from filmmakers Gilles Carle, Claude Fournier, Denis Héroux, and Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Maple Syrup Promo commentary featuring film programmer Marc Lamothe
Alternate English language audio track for Two Women in Gold
40-page perfect bound book featuring a new essay by filmmaker/professor Éric Falardeau, a collection of “Maple Syrup Porno” posters, and new Motion Picture Purgatory comic strips on both films by Rick Trembles (Limited Edition exclusive)