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L’ Héritage de la chouette, Épisode 7: Logomachie ou les mots de la tribu

Chris Marker

France
1989, 26'

The seventh of thirteen half hours that make up an encyclopedic project on the legacy of ancient Greece in the world. This episode is dedicated to logos, logomania, and the universe of dialectics.

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INFO

PREMIERE TYPE
National
ORIGINAL TITLE
L’ Héritage de la chouette, Épisode 7: Logomachie ou les mots de la tribu
LANGUAGE
Greek / French / English
SCRIPT
Chris Marker, Jean-Claude Carrière
CAST
André Dussollier
SOUND
Harald Maury, Harrick Maury, Dinos Kittou, Jean-Charles Martel
EDITING
Khadicha Bariha-Simsolo, Simone Nedjma Scialom
PRODUCTION
FIT Production, Attica Art Productions Inc., La Sept, Fr3

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