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La vague (1891)

La vague poster
Directed by
Étienne-Jules Marey
Genre
silent film, documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This very early short film shows waves crashing against rocks on a beach in the Bay of Naples. It captures a single natural scene in a raw, experimental style.

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What happens

La Vague (em tradução livre para o português: A Onda) é um filme mudo experimental de curta-metragem francês de 1891, dirigido pelo inventor e cronofotógrafo Étienne-Jules Marey. É um dos mais antigos filmes que se tem notícia naquele país. Apresenta a imagem de ondas batendo nas rochas em uma praia, tendo sido gravado na baía de Nápoles, Itália. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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