And the Dogs Were Silent

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

Status

Released

Release date

April 27, 1976

Original language

French

Spoken languages

french

Countries

France

Production

Les Films de l'Homme,Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,Les Films de l'Homme, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

Homepage

Official site

IMDb

tt3179460