Entr'acte

Entr'acte

Directed by René Clair

Produced by Les Ballets Suedois

192422 min7.0 / 10

A gleefully absurdist avant-garde collage that prioritizes visual surprise and dadaist logic over narrative coherence or emotional warmth.

Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most dada film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match between Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, a hearse pulled by a camel (and chased by its pallbearers) and a dizzying roller coaster finale. A film of contradictions and agreements.

Questions people ask

  • Is Entr'acte sad? Barely. Less sad than 89% of films.

  • Is Entr'acte scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is Entr'acte violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Does Entr'acte end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Entr'acte easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

86/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity96

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise94

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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