The Seashell and the Clergyman

The Seashell and the Clergyman

1928 · 41 min · FR · 6.9 (59 votes)
Dir. Germaine Dulac · Starring Alex Allin, Lucien Bataille, Genica Athanasiou
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Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.

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A dizzying, dreamlike descent into repressed desire. This experimental silent film assaults the senses with its avant-garde visuals and unsettling, surrealist imagery, exploring the torment of forbidden lust.

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