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Acera, or the Witches' Dance (1972)
Directed by Geneviève Hamon, Jean Painlevé
Documentary · 13m
In mud flats along the coast of Brittany we watch acera, small ball-shaped mollusks that are about two inches in diameter. They rest in mud; then, in water, they dance, their skirt-like hood spreading like a dervish's cassock. They spin and spin. The film adds musical accompaniment. We watch them mate and secrete eggs: acera are both male and female, and can form chains with other acera in which they simultaneously mate as a male and as a female. The eggs hatch, and the cycle begins again.
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- Director
- Geneviève Hamon, Jean Painlevé
- Director of Photography
- Jean Painlevé, Geneviève Hamon
- Producer
- Geneviève Hamon, Jean Painlevé
Details
- Original title
- Acéra ou Le bal des sorcières
- Release date
- 1972-01-01
- Runtime
- 13m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France