The Madness of the Valiants (1926)
★ 6.0 (1) · 46 min
Director: Germaine Dulac · woman
A symbolist portrait of two gypsies in love, this captivating film finds Dulac deconstructing onscreen gender roles and striving to achieve her idea of cinema as a “visual symphony,” emphasizing rhythmic editing over acting to achieve a “cinema of suggestion.”