The Vertical Smile
110 mins
A kaleidoscope of images from history populate this skillfully animated French feature. The story concerns a history professor whose ideas about human history cause him distress. Amid a flurry of newsreel-type images, Joan of Arc's trial is shown. Another theme which emerges is of two ages (in the far past and far future) in which naked humans fight one another with animalistic aggression.
Robert Lapoujade
Director
Robert Lapoujade
Writer
Catherine Blette
Dialogue
René Thévenet
Producer
Dominique Durand
Dialogue
Nicole Grob
Editor
Jack Jullian
Sound Mixer
Jean Chiabaut
Camera Operator
Renan Pollès
Director of Photography
Jean-Jacques Renon
Director of Photography