
Gaumont, the Étrange Anthology
Documentary
Overview
To mark the 30th anniversary of L'Étrange Festival, Gaumont is opening up its archives to offer the best of its most secret, bizarre and crazy images, digitized for the first time. A unique program featuring black magic, surrealistic happenings, world records, the evolution of feminism, wild bets, vanished places, forgotten inventions and other delights.
Top Cast


Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí
Self (archive footage)
Salvador Dalí
Self (archive footage)


Niki de Saint Phalle
Niki de Saint Phalle
Self (archive footage)
Niki de Saint Phalle
Self (archive footage)


Pierre Vassiliu
Pierre Vassiliu
Self (archive footage)
Pierre Vassiliu
Self (archive footage)


Gaston Defferre
Gaston Defferre
Self (archive footage)
Gaston Defferre
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Raynaud
Jean-Pierre Raynaud
Self (archive footage)
Jean-Pierre Raynaud
Self (archive footage)


Madeleine Ozeray
Madeleine Ozeray
Self (archive footage)
Madeleine Ozeray
Self (archive footage)


Jean Cau
Jean Cau
Self (archive footage)
Jean Cau
Self (archive footage)


Dominique Webb
Dominique Webb
Self (archive footage)
Dominique Webb
Self (archive footage)
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