Capital Celluloid 2018 - Day 238: Wed Sep 5

Themroc (Faraldo, 1973): ICA Cinema, 6.45pm


Made in 1973 with a screenplay comprising just gestures and grunts and lacking any comprehensible dialogue, French filmmaker Claude Faraldo's provocative and subversive satire was the first film to be shown in the UK's Channel 4's red triangle series of controversial films in 1986.

Time Out review:
A quirky, anarchic satire that sees factory worker (Michel Piccoli) cracking up, turning his bedroom into an urban cave, enjoying incest with his sister, and preying on cops for dinner. Some hilarious moments depicting the absurdity of routine life. Joyful and tasteless.
Geoff Andrew


Here (and above) is the trailer.

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