And the Dogs Were Silent

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And the Dogs Were Silent

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.

Original Title

Et les chiens se taisaient

Release Date

1976-04-27

Year

1976

Duration

13m

Status

Released

Score

6.50

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Cast

Sarah Maldoror

Sarah Maldoror

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Gabriel Glissant