

The Seashell and the Clergyman
6.6(72)192841m
DramaFantasy
Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.
Director
Germaine Dulac
Cast
Reviews
1 review
Geronimo1967
3y ago
7.0
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 ...
















