The Seashell and the Clergyman

6.7
The Seashell and the Clergyman
Overview
Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.
Review (1)
CinemaSerf (Rated: 7)
Germaine Dulac has created a monster here... Not in any kaiju sense, but by taking a surreal swipe at just about every element of the masculine-driven, religiously flawed environment of the world in the 1920s. The eponymous priest - Alex Allin harbours none too subtle desires about the mistress of "...
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