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6.5
/10
65 Ratings

NARCISSUS

Directed by Norman McLaren
Canada, 1983
Avant-Garde, Musical, Short
  • 2222 minutes

Synopsis

In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a trapped existence.

Synopsis

In this short film by Norman McLaren, dancers enact the Greek tragedy of Narcissus, the beautiful youth whose excessive self-love condemned him to a trapped existence.