Bachelor house painter Themroc leads a dull life. One day, after an unearned run-in with his boss, the docile Themroc rebels and dismantles his world

Living at home with his mother, bachelor house painter Themroc (Michel Piccoli, Belle de Jour) leads a dull life. One day, after an unearned run-in with his boss, the usually docile Themroc rebels and dismantles his myopic world. Made on a shoestring budget with no intelligible dialogue, Claude Faraldo's cult taboo-busting satire about a French blue-collar worker-turned-urban caveman anarchically eviscerates mid-century labor and gender politics. Never released on home video in the US, Themroc is both a savage commentary on the post-68 protest movement and a precursor to French extreme cinema, newly presented on Blu-ray from a 4K restoration.

Media

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Bonus Materials

• 4K Restoration from the original negative by StudioCanal
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Interview with critic and filmmaker David Thompson (2025)
• Archival TV interview with actor Michel Piccoli and director Claude Faraldo (1973)
• Interview with Manuela Lazic on Michel Piccoli (2025)
• Gallery
• Trailer
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Smith
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Alison Smith, author of French Cinema in the 1970s The echoes of May

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Michel Piccoli
•       Beatrice Romand
•       Marilu Tolo
•       Patrick Dewaere
•       Coluche

Director: Claude Faraldo

Additional Details

Label: Radiance

Genre: Cult

Language: French

Run Time: 109 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 05/20/25

UPC: 760137179382