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Dalmas (1973)

Dalmas poster
Directed by
Bert Deling
Genre
drama
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Australian film follows a character named Dalmas through a series of loosely connected episodes. The story jumps around and comments on itself, mixing political themes with a playful attitude.

freneticdisjointedcerebralpoliticalplayfulself-referentialexperimentalirreverent

What happens

Dalmas is a 1973 Australian film directed by Bert Deling. One critic wrote that "with Dave Jones’ Yackety Yack [the film] constitutes the clearest presence of Godard in Australian cinema." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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