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Sea Urchins (1929)

Sea Urchins poster
Original title
Les oursins
Directed by
Jean Painlevé
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
11 min
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is an early documentary film by Jean Painleve. It shows sea urchins in black and white without sound. The film observes their movements and structure.

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What happens

Les Oursins est un film français de Jean Painlevé réalisé en 1928, sorti en 1929, 35 mm, muet noir et blanc. Puis Jean Painlevé a réalisé un autre film intitulé Oursins, sorti en 1958, 35 mm, couleur, 11 minutes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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