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.
Natalie Perrey
Mère Jeanne des Anges
Violaine Doucy
Jeanne d'Arc
Catherine Stermann
La petite fille
Max Vialle
Général P.P.
Robert Lapoujade
Director
Dominique Durand
Dialogue
René Thévenet
Producer
Catherine Blette
Dialogue
Jean Chiabaut
Camera Operator
Nicole Grob
Editor
Robert Lapoujade
Writer
Jack Jullian
Sound Mixer
Renan Pollès
Director of Photography
Jean-Jacques Renon
Director of Photography