Movie Description

Et les chiens se taisaient

(1976)

Overview

For 'Et les chiens se taisaient' Maldoror adapted a piece of theatre by the poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), about a rebel who becomes profoundly aware of his otherness when condemned to death. His existential dialogue with his mother reverberates around the African sculptures on display at the Musée de l'Homme, a Parisian museum full of colonial plunder whose director was the Surrealist anthropologist Michel Leiris.

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Facts

Original TitleEt les chiens se taisaient

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1976-04-27

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 00h 13m

Homepagehttps://videotheque.cnrs.fr/doc=420?langue=EN

Production CompaniesLes Films de l'Homme,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Genres

  • Documentary
  • Drama