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Acteón (1967)

Acteón (1967)

Drama
Release Date: 1967, June 13
Directors: Jorge Grau
Countries: Spain
Production: X Films, X Films, X Films
Cast: Guillermo Méndez, Juan Luis Galiardo, Claudia Gravy, Martin LaSalle, Iván Tubau, Pilar Clemens, Nieves Salcedo

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.