The Escapees

Between the dystopian paranoia of The Night of the Hunted and the visceral excesses of The Living Dead Girl, director Jean Rollin takes a surreal detour into the Parisian demi-monde with The Escapees (Les Echappées, also known as Les Paumées du petit matin). When two young women, the wayward Michelle (Laurence Dubas) and the withdrawn Marie (Christiane Coppé), escape from an asylum, they find themselves drifting through a nightmarish world of burlesque troupes, lascivious sailors, and hardened criminals. After a violent confrontation, the police close in. With its supporting cast of key collaborators, including actors Brigitte Lahaie (Fascination), Louise Dhor (Requiem for a Vampire), Bernard Papineau (The Night of the Hunted), Jean-Loup Philippe (Lips of Blood), Natalie Perry (The Nude Vampire) and composer Philippe D'Aram (Two Orphan Vampires), The Escapees is at once atypical, yet unmistakeably Rollin.

Special Features

Commentary: Tim Lucas (film expert), Documentaries: 'Quant à Louise' (2024), Image Gallery, Interviews: Jean Rollin (writer/director); Jean-Loup Phillipe (actor), Two presentations of the film: 'Les Échappées', Jean Rollin's original version and 'Les Paumées du petit matin', the alternative version with re-ordered scenes; Critical appreciation by Stephen Thrower (author/musician)

Actors: Christiane Coppé, Jean Herel, Celine Royce, Jean-Louis Fortuit, Patrick Perrot, Claude Leveque, Louise Dhour, Patricia Mercurol, Laurence Dubas, Laurence Dubas, Marianne Valiot, Brigitte Lahaie

Audio Languages: French

Duration: 107 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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