Does The Seashell and the Clergyman end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 98% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Seashell and the Clergyman easy watching?

No. Less comforting than 92% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Seashell and the Clergyman sad?

Yes. More sad than 88% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Seashell and the Clergyman scary?

Yes. More frightening than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Seashell and the Clergyman violent?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Seashell and the Clergyman

Name: The Seashell and the Clergyman
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Released: 1928
Duration: 41 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Alex Allin, Lucien Bataille, Genica Athanasiou

Directed by Germaine Dulac

Produced by Délia Film

192841 min6.7 / 10

A hallucinatory avant-garde meditation on religious repression and sexual desire, told through dreamlike surrealist imagery that resists narrative coherence.

Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.

Clusters

Reality Turning Into Horror Ambiguous Mental Breakdown Stories Dark Comedy Nightmares Dark Stories About Forbidden Desire Sexy Romance Films

Genres

Drama Fantasy

Keywords

Sexual Obsession Sexual Frustration Surrealism Lust Avant-garde Silent Film Catholic Priest Woman Director French Impressionism Experimental Film

Questions people ask

Does The Seashell and the Clergyman end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 98% of films.
Is The Seashell and the Clergyman easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.
Is The Seashell and the Clergyman sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.
Is The Seashell and the Clergyman scary? Yes. More frightening than 82% of films.
Is The Seashell and the Clergyman violent? 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.

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