And the Dogs Were Silent (1976)

• Documentary
• Drama

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.

Rating

6.5 / 10 (2 votes)

Release date

April 27, 1976

Runtime

13m

Language

French

Director

Sarah Maldoror

Status

Released