Acteón

Overview

An expressionist reimagining of the classic Greek myth involving Acteón and Diana, transposed to Spain's Costa Brava by a future auteur of horror cinema. Based on the myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses in which Acteón accidentally catches a glimpse of Diana, the goddess of love, and is subsequently turned into a deer for his dogs to devour, Jorge Grau's modernist retelling resets the story to contemporary Spain, where a fisherman – played by Martin LaSalle, star of Bresson's Pickpocket – follows an enchanting, flirtatious stranger into the city.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

June 13, 1967

Original language

Spanish

Spoken languages

Spanish

Countries

Spain

Production

X Films

Cast

Nieves Salcedo,Pilar Clemens,Juan Luis Galiardo,Virginia Quintana,Martin LaSalle,Iván Tubau,Guillermo Méndez,Claudia Gravy

Director

Jorge Grau

Writer

Jorge Grau,Ovide

Cinematography

Aurelio G. Larraya

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0057818