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Dionysos is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Jean Rouch, starring Jean Monod and Hélène Puiseux. It tells the story of an American drama teacher who after writing a thesis on Dionysus tries to combine Dionysian rites with the work at a car factory, in an attempt to create the world's first car built in joyous frenzy.[1] The film competed at the 41st Venice International Film Festival.[2] It was released in France on 3 December 1986.[3]
Dionysos | |
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Directed by | Jean Rouch |
Written by | Euzhan Palcy Jean Rouch |
Produced by | Pierre Braunberger |
Starring | Jean Monod Hélène Puiseux |
Cinematography | Philippe Costantini Jean Rouch |
Edited by | Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte |
Music by | Mauricio Smith |
Production company | Les Films du Jeudi |
Release dates |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
Country | France |
Languages | French English |
Harlan Kennedy of American Cinema Papers described the film as "entirely lunatic" in his report from Venice, and wrote: "It's like a 60s hippy charging round the icon-scape of 80s Capitalism with a Super-8 camera and hoping meaning will accrue from the whir of disconnected imagery."[4]
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