And the Dogs Were Silent

1976 | 13 minutes | 6.5 ★ (2)

And the Dogs Were Silent
  • 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.

  • Release Date

    27 April 1976

  • DirectingSarah Maldoror
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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