The Seashell and the Clergyman
La Coquille et le Clergyman
1928 · 0h 41m · Drama, Fantasy · France
Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.
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Germaine Dulac6.4Smart score
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avant-gardecatholic priestexperimental filmfrench impressionismlustsexual frustrationsexual obsessionsilent filmsurrealismwoman director
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