- Actors: Brigitte Lahaie, Laurence Dubas, Christiane Coppe, Louise Dhour, Marianne Valiot
- Directors: Jean Rollin
- Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Widescreen
- Language French
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: 18
- Studio: Redemption Films
- DVD Release Date: 9 Feb 2009
- Run Time: 95 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B001I9XEQ4
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 61,575 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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On the run from an asylum for the insane, a feisty young girl and her forlorn female companion embark on a surreal journey with a group of traveling erotic dancers. Wandering from the fantastic to the farcical and back again, The Escapees contains all the magic and fairy-tale qualities of cult films like Fascination (1979) and Requiem for a Vampire (1971) and has everything one expects from a Rollin film, including two beautiful young women, startling scenes of death, burlesque shows in a junkyard and erotic lesbian encounters with Brigitte Lahaie! This is a rare release that marks the film's DVD debut and this version has been re-mastered from the original negative.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Jean Rollin's Les Paumees Du Petit Matin is here presented for the first time on dvd. If you are expecting a horror movie though you will be disappointed, this most definitely isn't one. With problems from the outset it nearly never saw the light of day but since it was first shown in France it has gained some popularity amongst some people.
Michelle and Marie escape from an institution. Michelle, who is very outgoing reluctantly takes Marie with her, who is afraid of people. Hitching a ride with a travelling underground burlesque/ prostitution troupe they come across the pickpocket Sophie. Taking us through surreal dreamlike sequences and then into farcical scenes Rollin has produced something that is hypnotic and haunting. The three girls decide to stowaway on a ship, but before this happens tragic circumstances hit them. As the film progresses we see why Michelle and Marie are like what they are, and how an unlikely bond forms between the girls.
There is some nudity, and a lesbian scene, as well as some killing but this film is mainly sedate throughout only showing some action in the final period. This isn't a film for everybody, but it somehow holds your attention with its strangeness and would probably suit Rollin fans than the general watcher of films. Also included is an interview with Jean Rollin.
Michelle and Marie escape from an institution. Michelle, who is very outgoing reluctantly takes Marie with her, who is afraid of people. Hitching a ride with a travelling underground burlesque/ prostitution troupe they come across the pickpocket Sophie. Taking us through surreal dreamlike sequences and then into farcical scenes Rollin has produced something that is hypnotic and haunting. The three girls decide to stowaway on a ship, but before this happens tragic circumstances hit them. As the film progresses we see why Michelle and Marie are like what they are, and how an unlikely bond forms between the girls.
There is some nudity, and a lesbian scene, as well as some killing but this film is mainly sedate throughout only showing some action in the final period. This isn't a film for everybody, but it somehow holds your attention with its strangeness and would probably suit Rollin fans than the general watcher of films. Also included is an interview with Jean Rollin.
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Jean Rollin's very rare film, known in France as Les Paumees du Petit Matin, is a must see for any Rollin fan! As a huge cult-horror fan I'm very excited that it's finally getting a release over here. Akin to 'Living Dead Girl' and 'The Night of the Hunted' and brimming with sensationalism, surrealism and seduction, as two beautiful young girls make an escape. An example of Rollin's vision for erotic poetry and a hidden gem for any fan of cult horror!!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Simply: This film is a Jean Rollin horror masterpiece! Nobody can build unexplainable strange atmosphere like Jean Rollin.
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The Escapees. Nonsense film.
i wish i had not bought this film. it makes no sense a very nonsense film. I will give my own out for free. just send postage its all yours.
Published 8 days ago by chin
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This is the story of two girls, Marie (innocent) and Michelle (angry) who escape from some kind of institution and go on the run meeting thieves, yuppies, junkyard strippers, a... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Duluoz Lautrec
Sound and Image!
Jean Rollin is , perhaps , the quintessential cult director of recent times. Infamous for Horror/Gore exploitation and a master in his field he tries with 'The Escapees' something... Read more
Published on 23 May 2010 by Mr. David A. Skene
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'The Escapees' is presumably ahead of its time in exploring the underworld of exotic dancers and subversive vaudeville. Read more
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