Radiance Films has announced its September disc line-up, which will consist of Marina de Van's body-horror gem In My Skin on Blu-ray and UHD/Blu-ray Dual Format Edition, plus Blu-ray editions of the fourth volume in the label's World Noir collection, the celebrated debut by Carlos Saura, Los golfos, and one of the greats of Samurai cinema, The Betrayal. Radiance has also discovered a small number of copies of the previously deleted Blu-ray of Tod Solondz's Welcome to the Dollhouse. Full details below.
IN MY SKIN (DANS MA PEAU, France 2002)
Limited Edition UHD+Blu-ray – £24.99 | Limited Edition Blu-ray – £17.99 | 15 September 2025
One night at a house party, Parisian marketing professional Esther (Marina de Van) hurts her leg on some industrial supplies. Alone when it happens, she doesn't even realise she has been hurt: the lack of pain fascinates her. While her life starts to take shape – an exciting promotion at work and new plans with boyfriend Vincent (Laurent Lucas) – Esther becomes obsessed with thoughts of self-mutilation.
A nuanced body horror filled with eye-catching and innovative set pieces, writer-director Marina de Van’s landmark debut feature formed part of the New French Extremity movement that would go on to influence the likes of Julia Ducournau (Raw, Titane) and Coralie Fargeat (The Substance).
Read our review of the previous Tartan DVD here.
4K UHD & BLU-RAY DUAL FORMAT LIMITED EDITION FEATURES:
- New 4K restoration from the original camera negative by Severin Films
- 4K UHD and Blu-ray presentation of the feature
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Audio commentary by Marina de Van (2004)
- New interview with Marina de Van (2025)
- New interview with cinematographer Pierre Barougier (2025)
- New interview with acting coach Marc Adjadj (2025)
- New interview with critic Manuela Lazic (2025)
- New visual essay by Valeria Villegas Lindvall (2025)
- Two short student films by Marina de Van: Bien sous tous rapports (1996) and Retention (1997)
- Trailer
- Stills gallery
- Newly improved English subtitle translation
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by critic Savina Petrovka and archival writing by Marina de Van
- Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
The Limited Edition Blu-ray will have the same special features, but is a Limited Edition of 1000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings.
WORLD NOIR VOL. 4 (France 1955 / 1958 / 1962)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 15 September 2025 | £44.99
While the United States can indisputably lay claim to being the birthplace of film noir, arguably France and French cinema is almost as important to the development of the genre. The term ‘film noir’ – literally, ‘dark film’ – was first applied to the Hollywood crime movies of the 40s and 50s by French critic Nino Frank, who was believed to have been inspired by the French publishing imprint Serie Noire, which published translated editions of American hardboiled fiction to great commercial success. It was the French who would popularise the use of the term and in turn, create the genre framework that has become so important and influential to the history of cinema.
Arguably, the story of noir is one of the cinema of France and the USA in conversation with one another, and presented in this set are three classic French noirs from the 50s and 60s that clearly take their inspiration from the Golden Age of Hollywood noir: Henri Decoin’s Chnouf (1955), Édouard Molinaro’s Back Against The Wall (1958), and Marcel Bluwal’s Paris Pick-up (1962).
CHNOUF (RAZZIA SUR LA CHNOUF)
Henri (Jean Gabin, Touchez pas au grisbi) is brought in following a successful stint in the US to head up operations by gang boss Lisky. Tasked with increasing sales and reforming the drugs distribution network he unpicks every aspect of the business, but pushers don’t want to change and the cops are on his tail. From the creator of Rififi, Auguste Le Breton, and brought to the screen by Henri Decoin (Not Guilty), the influence of American noir is given a French translation as we see the then nascent drugs trade depicted in remarkable detail. Out of the inky shadows scenery chewing support is given by a rich cast of wonderful character actors including Lino Ventura (Illustrious Corpses), Albert Rémy (The Train) and Magali Noël (Rififi).
BACK TO THE WALL (LE DOS AU MUR)
Jacques, a rich industrialist, sneaks around an apartment where he bundles up and disposes of a dead body. His troubles started three months ago, his wife, Gloria, was having an affair... To get his revenge he sends Gloria anonymous letters in a scheme to turn her against her lover, a scheme that leads to murder. Ingeniously plotted, this methodical noir by Édouard Molinaro (Witness in the City) bathes in atmospheric chiaroscuro while its pulpy thrills, adapted from the novel by Frédéric Dard (Paris Pick-up), keeps the audience guessing until the final moments. Starring Jeanne Moreau (The Bride Wore Black) as the adulterous wife, this twisty noir is made available in the UK for the first time.
PARIS PICK-UP (LE MONTE-CHARGE)
Recently released ex-convict Robert Herbin (Robert Hossein, Rififi) meets Marthe (Lea Massari, L’Avventura), a beautiful Italian woman and her daughter. They share some flirtatious glances and then she invites him back to her home where they discover her husband’s dead body. Unable to bear witness to a crime due to his parole Robert flees. Guilty about her situation Robert stays close by where he discovers the body has inexplicably disappeared. With its tender depiction of character and relationships director Marcel Bluwal engineers gripping tension with the expertise of Hitchcock or Clouzot. Adapted from the novel by celebrated crime writer Frédéric Dard (Back to the Wall), Paris Pick-up is released for the first time outside of France.
BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION BOX SET FEATURES:
- 2K restorations for each film by Gaumont
- Original uncompressed mono PCM audio for all films
- Newly improved optional English subtitles for all films
- Newly designed artwork based on original posters
- Limited edition 80-page perfect bound book featuring archival pieces and new writing by critics and experts including Imogen Sara Smith, Farran Nehme, Jake Cole and more
- Limited Edition of 3,000 copies presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases for each film and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
CHNOUF
- Audio commentary by Nick Pinkerton (2019)
- Archival interview with Henri Decoin on Jean Gabin (1960)
- New visual essay on Chnouf and drugs in film noir by Frank Krutnik (2025)
- Trailer
BACK TO THE WALL
- New audio commentary by Daniel Kremer (2025)
- Archival retrospective interview with Édouard Molinaro (2011)
- Trailer
PARIS PICK-UP
- New audio commentary by Tim Lucas (2025)
- Archival interview with director Marcel Bluwal
- Archival behind-the-scenes report on Paris Pick-up (1962)
- Archival interview with actor Robert Hossein and writer Frédéric Dard about their play (1963)
- Inspector Leclerc Investigates: The Grey Jackets - episode of 1962 TV crime serial directed by Marcel Bluwal
LOS GOLFOS (Spain 1962)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 15 September 2025 (UK) / 16 September 2025 (US) | £17.99
A group of poor youths tear around Madrid pulling scams and petty crimes. As one of their gang prepares to perform in a serious bullfighting competition, they plan a heist that will raise the money to finance his entry.
Breaking with tradition by filming in the streets and utilising documentary techniques to give the film an urgent resonance, Carlos Saura and producer Pere Portabella (Viridiana) were announced as a powerful new force in Spanish cinema when the film was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Suffering curtailed distribution by Francoist censorship, this new restoration reinstates previously removed footage and presents the film as originally intended.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- Restored in 4K in 2024 by Filmoteca Española in collaboration with Films 59 at Digital and Electronic Systems laboratory from the 35mm acetate negative, 35mm prints and other intermediate photochemical materials. Restoration supervised by Javier Rellán and Patricia Uceda. Funding provided by ICAA/Ministerio de Cultura
- Introduction by author and former director of Filmoteca Catalunya Esteve Riambau (2025, 22 mins)
- Interview with filmmaker and curator Ehsan Khoshbakht on Los golfos, its influences and makers (2025, 17 mins)
- Censored scenes - scenes affected by censorship are presented alongside notes from the censorship committee and Carlos Saura (2025, 13 mins)
- Two early short films by Saura: La llamada, about a solider leaving for war (1955, 7 mins) and La tarde del domingo, about an oppressed live-in maid (1957, 34 mins)
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Vincent Wild
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Mar Diestro-Dópido, reprints of original documents including committee notes on the script and a detailed breakdown of the restoration process
THE BETRAYAL (DAISATSUJIN OROCHI, Japan 1966)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 15 September 2025 (UK) / 16 September 2025 (US) | £17.99
To protect his clan, an honourable samurai (Ichikawa Raizo, Shinobi) takes the blame for a murder committed by one of his fellows. He is promised a safe return after one year in exile, but this vow is broken and he becomes a fugitive chased by his own clansmen. Disillusioned by the bushido code of honour, he realises there are only two ways out: vengeance or death. From director Tokuzo Tanaka (The Snow Woman), a former assistant to Kurosawa Akira, this cruel jidaigeki stands alongside such notable works of the genre as Harakiri and Sword of Doom with its classic mix of honour codes and samurai action. Beautifully filmed in black and white ‘scope with thrilling set pieces, The Betrayal features one of the most breathtaking finales in all of samurai cinema.
LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- High-Definition digital transfer by Kadokawa
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Select-scene audio commentary by Japanese film historian Tom Mes (2025)
- Visual essay by film critic Philip Kemp, comparing The Betrayal with the original Orochi the Serpent (2025)
- Visual essay on director Tanaka Tokuzo by Tom Mes (2025)
- New English subtitle translation
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Alain Silver
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
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