

And the Dogs Were Silent
Genres
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
13 min
Release Date
1976-04-27
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
6.5
Sarah Maldoror
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