

The Achalunés
1959-01-01 · 6 min · ★ 7.0
Organic forms are beating and resorbing, reflections dance to the rhythm of Henk BADINGS 'music, circles of light flash like disturbing eyes, perpetual metamorphoses evoke a great living and throbbing organism.
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- Directors
- René Laloux
- Production companies
- Radio-Télévision Française, Service de la Recherche de l'ORTF
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
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