Uses mirrors and optical effects to create weird and demented visions. A Dadaist film consisting of a series of rotating, spiral-like images intercut with spinning discs of words strung together in elaborate, nonsensical French puns. A starfish symbolizes his yearning for sincere beauty without hidden, destructive qualities. A study in domestic conflicts, this film portrays the life and dreams of a housewife in a small town who is married to a repulsive businessman. Human beast .
Fate drives a man to murder and suicide.
A railroad engineer, descended from a family subject to fits of madness, falls in love with a beautiful married woman. Plotting together to kill her husband, circumstances spin out of control - ending when he strangles her instead. Boudu saved from drowning . A Parisian bookseller saves a tramp, Boudu, from suicide in the Seine and, feeling responsible for him, lets him live in his home. Boudu totally disregards proprieties, seduces the wife and maid, and generally plagues the household.