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Balançoires

Balançoires

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 4, 1928

Runtime

0h 25m

User Score

85%

Original Title

Balançoires

Director

Noël Renard

Description

A young couple go to the carnival. After some savage heavy petting they meet a sinister fakir who offers to sell them Truth for six sous. A set of uncanny events follow. At worst 'avant-gardist' in the extreme, at best the counterpart to Cœur Fidèle's 'fête foraine' sequence after the abolition of melodrama. Excellent black screen cutting and chaotic camera shaking characterize the style.