And the Dogs Were Silent

And the Dogs Were Silent 1976 Directed by Sarah Maldoror Et les chiens se taisaient

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.

Country France

Production Country France

Language French

Spoken Language French

Gneres Documentary , Drama

Production Companies Les Films de l'Homme , Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Release Date 27 April 1976

13 mins