Germaine Dulac : La Coquille et le Clergyman = The Seashell and the Clergyman

THE BOX SET INCLUDES:

• The film in its original silent version, restored by the Nederlands Filmmuseum in collaboration with Light Cone.

• Three musical versions composed by Pascal Comelade, Thomas Köner and Iris ter Schiphorst.

• Two extras conceived by Nicolas Droin and Prosper Hillairet, with contributions from Artaud and Dulac experts: Tumulte aux Ursulines (Uproar in the Ursulines, 2008, 15 mins) and Surimpressions (Superimpositions, 2009, 33 mins).

• A new and revised edition (160 pages) of the seminal book by Alain and Odette Virmaux published by Paris Experimental (1999).

• Germaine Dulac’s biography and filmography.

• An account of the restoration of the film: Catherine Cormon, director of restoration at the Nederlands Filmmuseum, retraces the history of the different versions of the film and of the restoration process.