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Ulysse(1986)
Status: Released
Date: 1986-01-29
67%
27 Votes
Time: 0h 22m
Overview:
At the sea shore, a goat, a child, and a naked man. This is a photograph taken in 1954 by Agnès Varda. The goat was dead, the child was named Ulysses, and the man was naked. Starting from this frozen image, the film explores the real and the imaginary.
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Ulysse
Top 4 Billed Cast
Agnès Varda
Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Charles de Gaulle
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Overview
At the sea shore, a goat, a child, and a naked man. This is a photograph taken in 1954 by Agnès Varda. The goat was dead, the child was named Ulysses, and the man was naked. Starting from this frozen image, the film explores the real and the imaginary.
Release Date
1986-01-29
Average
6.7
Rating:
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