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Les Mystères du Château de Dé (1929)

Les Mystères du Château de Dé poster
Original title
Les Mystères du château du dé
Directed by
Jacques-André Boiffard, Man Ray
Genre
documentary
Country
France
Runtime
27 min
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two travelers leave Paris and go to a modernist villa on the French Riviera. The film follows their journey and explores the strange architecture and surreal atmosphere of the villa.

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What happens

Les Mystères du Château du Dé (French for The Mysteries of the Castle of the Dice) is a 1929 film directed by Man Ray. It depicts a pair of travellers setting off from Paris and travelling to the Villa Noailles in Hyères on the French Riviera. At 27 minutes the film was the longest that Man Ray directed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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