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Othon
Othon

Othon

5.4/10

1hr 28mins

Country:FR

1971

Drama
Spoken Languages: Français

Overview:

Straub-Huillet’s first color film, adapts a lesser-known Corneille tragedy from 1664, which in turn was based on an episode of imperial court intrigue chronicled in Tacitus’s Histories. The costuming is classical, and the toga-clad, nonprofessional cast performs the drama’s original French text amid the ruins of Rome’s Palatine Hill while the noise of contemporary urban life hums in the background. Their lines are executed with a terrific flatness and frequently through heavy accents; the language in Othon becomes not merely an expression but a thing itself, an element whose plainness here alerts us to qualities of the work that might otherwise be subordinated.

Budget

$0.00

Production companies

Janus Film und Fernsehen

Genre

Drama

Runtime

1hr 28mins

Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

1971-01-13

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