Acera, or the Witches' Dance
1972, French. Directed by Jean Painlevé & Geneviève Hamon.
In mud flats along the coast of Brittany we watch acera, small ball-shaped mollusks that are about two inches in diameter. They rest in mud; then, in water, they dance, their skirt-like hood spreading like a dervish's cassock. They spin and spin. The film adds musical accompaniment. We watch them mate and secrete eggs: acera are both male and female, and can form chains with other acera in which they simultaneously mate as a male and as a female. The eggs hatch, and the cycle begins again.
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- 0h 13m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- French
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Acera, or the Witches' Dance is streaming on Criterion Channel in India.
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- Released
- 1 January 1972
- Original title
- Acéra ou Le bal des sorcières
- Country
- France
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Acera, or the Witches' Dance (1972) was directed by Jean Painlevé and Geneviève Hamon.