Ulysse

Jan 29, 1986

0h 22m

★ 6.7

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.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Ciné-Tamaris

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Cast

Self - Interviewer / Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Agnès Varda

Self

Ulysse Llorca

Self

Fouli Elia

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