Dionysos (film)

Dionysos is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Jean Rouch, starring Jean Monod and Hélène Puiseux. It tells the story of an American drama teacher who after writing a thesis on Dionysus tries to combine Dionysian rites with the work at a car factory, in an attempt to create the world's first car built in joyous frenzy.[1] The film competed at the 41st Venice International Film Festival.[2] It was released in France on 3 December 1986.[3]

Dionysos
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJean Rouch
Produced byPierre Braunberger
Written byEuzhan Palcy
Jean Rouch
StarringJean Monod
Hélène Puiseux
Music byMauricio Smith
CinematographyPhilippe Costantini
Jean Rouch
Edited byMarie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Production
company
Les Films du Jeudi
Release date
  • 1984 (1984) (Venice)
  • 3 December 1986 (1986-12-03)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
English

Cast

  • Jean Monod as Hugh Gray
  • Hélène Puiseux as Ariane
  • Cookie Chiapalone as one of three maenads
  • Fifi Niane Raliatou as one of three maenads
  • Kagumi Onodera as one of three maenads
  • Germaine Dieterlen as member of the teachers' choir
  • Roger Foucher as member of the teachers' choir
  • Enrico Fulchignoni as member of the teachers' choir

Reception

Harlan Kennedy of American Cinema Papers described the film as "entirely lunatic" in his report from Venice, and wrote: "It's like a 60s hippy charging round the icon-scape of 80s Capitalism with a Super-8 camera and hoping meaning will accrue from the whir of disconnected imagery."[4]

References

  1. "Dionysos". bifi.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Archived from the original on 2015-07-23. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  2. "Dionysos". Actes Sud (in French). Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  3. "Dionysos". UniFrance Films (in French). Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  4. Kennedy, Harlan (1984). "The Renaissance Ruled O.K." American Cinema Papers. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
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