A ghost troupe performs for ghosts in the most French film ever made.
A travelling company makes its way round the small villages of France. Shot for the program Cinéma 16 broadcast by the French channel FR3, where Franju adapted an argument written by one of his favourite actors, Pierre Brasseur, and worked with his fetish actress, Edith Scob.
Cinematography
Ethereal black-and-white that haunts every frame.
Acting
Scob's fragile, otherworldly presence anchors everything.
Direction
Franju turns a TV commission into pure poetry.
Director
Georges Franju
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pierre Brasseur was too ill to appear in his own script; he died months after filming completed.
Cinéma 16 was a legendary French TV slot that let auteurs like Franju make art films with public money—imagine that happening now.
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