The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)
- Original title
- La Coquille et le Clergyman
- Directed by
- Germaine Dulac
- Genre
- drama film, silent film, experimental film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 44 min
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 74 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A clergyman chases a woman through surreal and fragmented scenes. The film follows his obsessive desire and encounters with strange imagery.
dreamlikesurrealunsettlingabstractdisorientingvisually experimentalpsychologicalcryptic
What happens
The Seashell and the Clergyman (French: La Coquille et le Clergyman) is a 1928 French experimental film directed by Germaine Dulac, from an original scenario by Antonin Artaud. It premiered in Paris on 9 February 1928. The film is associated with French Surrealism. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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