ROOM 4 - Comptoir Français du Film Production Titles on DVD in 2010

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Exciting developments in Francoland! DVD maestros Mondo Macabro have announced that they’re soon to release three ‘volumes’ of Jess Franco on DVD, drawn from the archives of Robert De Nesle’s Comptoir Français du Film Production. De Nesle died in 1978, but Mondo Macabro’s Pete Tombs has successfully negotiated with the current rights holders to bring us some of the key works in Franco’s filmography. No titles have been officially confirmed as yet, but the list of probable contenders (excluding those already officially available) includes:

Trois filles nues dans l'ile de Robinson
Les ébranlées
Le journal intime d'une nymphomane aka Sinner
Un capitaine de quinze ans
Plaisir à trois
La comtesse perverse
Maciste contre la reine des Amazones
Les exploits érotiques de Maciste dans l'Atlantide
Le miroir obscène aka Al otro lado del espejo
Célestine, bonne à tout faire
Les possédées du diable (Lorna l'exorciste)
L'homme le plus sexy du monde aka Le jouisseur
Les nonnes en folie aka Les chatouilleuses
Les grandes emmerdeuses
Elles font tout
Je brûle de partout
Cocktail spécial

While we're waiting for confirmation of the specific titles, here's a quick picture tour of the De Nesle era - I wonder if any of these movies will be included in the line-up?

UPDATE: Mondo Macabro have announced the first three titles!

Le journal intime d'une nymphomane

La comtesse perverse

Les possédées du diable (Lorna l'exorciste)

This is fantastic news. The imminent arrival on DVD of Franco's delirious Comtesse Perverse and his morbid masterpiece Les possédées du diable is hugely significant, while the choice of Le journal intime d'une nymphomane should establish beyond argument the quality and power of this complex, melancholy work. Apparently, if these three do well (expect the first around May 2010), other titles will follow. I'm sure I'm not alone in hoping that the tragic beauty of Al otro lado del espejo and the Sadean brilliance of Plaisir à trois put these two ahead of the pack. Of the others, I'm also especially fond of the delightful and effortlessly weird Les Grandes Emmerdeuses, and I harbour a strange love for the beautifully photographed but totally wacko 'muscleman epic' Les Gloutonnes, De Nesle's sexed-up version of Les exploits érotiques de Maciste dans l'Atlantide. Of the sex comedies, I suspect Trois filles nues dans l'ile de Robinson is the meatiest, and Les chatouilleuses the slightest, although fans of naughty nuns may disagree!