The Seashell and the Clergyman

The Seashell and the Clergyman

Sinopse

Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.

  • 6.6
  • 1928
  • Released
  • 0h 41m
Status

Released

Original Language

fr

Keywords
  • #sexual obsession
  • #sexual frustration
  • #surrealism
  • #lust
  • #avant-garde
  • #silent film
  • #catholic priest
  • #woman director
  • #french impressionism
  • #experimental film

Reviews

Geronimo1967
@Geronimo1967over 3 years ago

Germaine Dulac has created a monster here... Not in any kaiju sense, but by taking a surreal swipe at just about every element of the masculine-driven, religiously flawed environment of the world in the 1920s. The eponymous priest - Alex Allin harbours none too subtle desires about the mistress of "le général" (Lucien Bataille) - the beautiful Genica Athanasiou, and the next half hour illustrates

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