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5 unusual facts about The Seashell and the Clergyman


Germaine Dulac

She continued her career in filmmaking, producing both simple commercial films and complex pre-Surrealist narratives such as two of her most famous works: La Souriante Madame Beudet ("The Smiling Madame Beudet", 1922/23) and La Coquille et le Clergyman ("The Seashell and the Clergyman", 1928).

She is best known today for her Impressionist film, La Souriante Madame Beudet ("The Smiling Madam Beaudet", 1922/23), and her Surrealist experiment, La Coquille et le Clergyman ("The Seashell and the Clergyman", 1928).

Katie Kim

She has also scored an original soundtrack for The Seashell and the Clergyman, commissioned by The Cork French Film Festival, which she performed in The Pavilion, Cork in front of a live audience in 2011.

The Seashell and the Clergyman (La coquille et le clergyman) - Germaine Dulac (1928) - Original score composed by Katie Kim in association with The Cork French Film Festival (2011)

Surrealist cinema

The Seashell and the Clergyman: (Released in 1928) a 31-minute, silent, black and white film, written by Antonin Artaud, and directed by Germaine Dulac.



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