The Seashell and the Clergyman poster

The Seashell and the Clergyman

6.7(75)192841m1

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

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

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Release dates

  • FranceFR

    • PremiereParis9 Feb 1928
    • PremiereFestival d'Aneres3 Jun 2005
    • TheatricalParis (Restored Version)11 Jun 2005
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical1 Oct 1928
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical16 Feb 1933
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical (limited)Cinemateca Portuguesa14 Oct 1997

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The Seashell and the Clergyman was released on 1 October 1928.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/6/2022

    7/10

    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 some of the complex …

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