The Debut [Blu-ray]

The forbidden-love story The Debut (1977) was the first full-length feature from pioneering filmmaker Nouchka van Brakel. Following the theme of Stanley Kubrick's Lolita (1962) and Michael Powell's Age of Consent (1969) - only this time time told from a female perspective - van Brakel's The Debut (1977) tells the delicate story off the impossible love between a teenage girl and a middle-aged married man. Based on the controversial novel by Hester Albach, The Debut is a subversive comedy drama and the first commercially successful Dutch theatrical film directed by a woman.Cult Epics presents Nouchka van Brakel's The Debut for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray in North America in a new High-definition transfer.

Bonus Materials

• New HD Transfer (from original 35mm print)
• Original LPCM 2.0 Mono track
• New DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono track
• Polygoon Journal Newsreel (1977, HD)
• Poster & Photo Gallery
• Theatrical Trailers
• Ltd. Edition Packaging featuring Original & Newly Designed Art

Press Quotes

Cult Epics' fine new edition not only restores one of the finest debuts of the seventies, but it also harkens back to a time when filmmakers were eager to tackle the controversial subject matter, and audiences weren't afraid to view them.

     —Jeremy Richey, Moon in the Gutter

Cult Epics' fascinating journey through the world of 1970s Dutch cinema has turned up a few gems and oddities previously overlooked by many English speaking viewers, and that continues with a shift here to Nouchka van Brakel, the country's first successfu

     —Daniel Thompson, Mondo Digital

When I threw in the Debut in my Blu-ray player, I felt like I was watching a film made by a kindred spirit.

     —Sean Baker, Filmmaker