Toute révolution est un coup de dés (1977)

Directed by

Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

11 min

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short film reads the text of Stéphane Mallarmé's poem over images of dice being thrown. The film connects the poem's ideas about chance and revolution to political history.

meditativepoliticalstarkslow-pacedcalmausterecontemplativeminimalist

What happens

Toute révolution est un coup de dés est un court métrage français, réalisé par Jean-Marie Straub et Danièle Huillet, sorti en 1977. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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