And the Dogs Were Silent
Et les chiens se taisaient
Synopsis
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.
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Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Sarah Maldoror
- Screenplay & Story
- Aimé Césaire
- Original Title
- Et les chiens se taisaient
- Country of Origin
- France
- Spoken Languages
- French
- Runtime
- 13m
- Production Studios
- Les Films de l'Homme, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Sarah Maldoror
Aimé Césaire
Bernard Favre, Simone Jousse
Department Leadership Roster
Sarah Maldoror
Director
Bernard Favre
Editor
Simone Jousse
Editor
Aimé Césaire
Writer
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What is And the Dogs Were Silent about?
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.
Who directed And the Dogs Were Silent?
And the Dogs Were Silent was directed by Sarah Maldoror.
Who stars in And the Dogs Were Silent?
The principal cast of And the Dogs Were Silent includes Sarah Maldoror, Gabriel Glissant.
When was And the Dogs Were Silent released and how long is it?
And the Dogs Were Silent was released in 1976 with a total runtime of 13m.