Venom and Eternity (1951)
- Original title
- Traité de bave et d'éternité
- Directed by
- Isidore Isou
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film is an avant-garde work from the French Lettrist movement. It mixes loose narrative with direct addresses to the audience and experimental techniques. The film caused a major scandal at Cannes for its radical form.
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What happens
Venom and Eternity (French: Traité de Bave et d'Éternité, lit. 'Treatise on Slobber and Eternity') is a 1951 French avant-garde film by Isidore Isou that grew out of the Lettrist movement in Paris. It created a scandal at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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