Acteón

A dreamlike, austere art film that drifts between myth and modern life, asking patience and rewarding it with strange, unsettling images.

Directed by

Jorge Grau

Genres

Drama

Starring

Martin LaSalle, Pilar Clemens, Juan Luis Galiardo

Overview

An expressionist reimagining of the classic Greek myth involving Acteón and Diana, transposed to Spain's Costa Brava by a future auteur of horror cinema. Based on the myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses in which Acteón accidentally catches a glimpse of Diana, the goddess of love, and is subsequently turned into a deer for his dogs to devour, Jorge Grau's modernist retelling resets the story to contemporary Spain, where a fisherman – played by Martin LaSalle, star of Bresson's Pickpocket – follows an enchanting, flirtatious stranger into the city.

How it feels

Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Obsession, fate, identity, isolation

Content

Mild violence and sexual content. No gore or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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