The Vertical Smile (1973)

Release Date: 1973-03-19
Runtime: 1h 50min
Production Company: TV Cinema
Production Country: France
Director: <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.cinebymovies.com/actor/1186492/robert-lapoujade"> Robert Lapoujade

A kaleidoscope of images from history populate this skillfully animated French feature. The story concerns a history professor whose ideas about human history cause him distress. Amid a flurry of newsreel-type images, Joan of Arc's trial is shown. Another theme which emerges is of two ages (in the far past and far future) in which naked humans fight one another with animalistic aggression.