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The Seashell and the Clergyman

Original title: La coquille et le clergyman
  • 19281928
  • 40m
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The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)
ShortDramaFantasy
Obsessed with a general's woman, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.Obsessed with a general's woman, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.Obsessed with a general's woman, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.
IMDb RATING
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POPULARITY
81,060
10,160
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    • Director
      • Germaine Dulac
    • Writers
      • Antonin Artaud(screenplay)
      • Germaine Dulac(visual concept by)
    • Stars
      • Alex Allin
      • Lucien Bataille
      • Genica Athanasiou
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Germaine Dulac
    • Writers
      • Antonin Artaud(screenplay)
      • Germaine Dulac(visual concept by)
    • Stars
      • Alex Allin
      • Lucien Bataille
      • Genica Athanasiou
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    • 15User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)
    Alex Allin in The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)
    Lucien Bataille in The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)
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    The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)

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    Alex Allin
    • The Clergyman
    Lucien Bataille
    • The Officer
    Genica Athanasiou
    • The Woman
    • Director
      • Germaine Dulac
    • Writers
      • Antonin Artaud(screenplay)
      • Germaine Dulac(visual concept by)
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    • Trivia
      The British Board of Film Censors banned this film in the UK in 1927, saying, "This film is so obscure as to have no apparent meaning. If there is a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable."
    • Connections
      Edited into Women Who Made the Movies (1992)

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    10/10
    One of most celebrated avant garde movie of all time
    The predecessor of Un Chien Andalou and directed by the lone woman filmmaker of her time, La Coquille et le Clergyman is one of the most celebrated of French avant-garde movies of the '20s, partly because Antonin Artaud wrote the script, partly because the British censor of the time banned it with the legendary words 'If this film has a meaning, it is doubtless objectionable'. Artaud was reputedly unhappy with Dulac's realization of his scenario, and it's true that the story's anti-clericalism (a priest develops a lustful passion that plunges him into bizarre fantasies) is somewhat undermined by the director's determined visual lyricism. But the fragmentation of the narrative and the innovative imagery remain provocative, and the film is of course fascinating testimony to the currents of its time.
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    • Release date
      • February 16, 1933 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Light Cone
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Školjka i sveštenik
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production company
      • Délia Film
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    • Runtime
      40 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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