Isabelle Adjani + a Minotaur + Ionesco's madness = French arthouse fever dream.
A dreamlike adaptation of the legend of Ariadne and the Minotaur.
Acting
Adjani's ethereal intensity; Ionesco's terrifying Minos.
Direction
De San Bartolomé stages myth as waking nightmare.
Costume
The Minotaur as grotesque performance art piece.
Director
Pierre-Jean de San Bartolomé
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eugène Ionesco, the absurdist playwright, took this rare acting role because he found the script's fusion of myth and Theatre of the Absurd irresistible.
Released during France's post-1968 creative explosion, this film embodies the era's obsession with reinventing classical narratives through radical formal experimentation.
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