CERN CineClub - Woman in the Dunes

Wednesday 11 May 2016, 20:00 → 22:03 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

Directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara

(Japan, 1964) 123 min.

An amateur entomologist searching for insects by the sea is trapped by local villagers into living with a mysterious woman who spends almost all her time preventing her home from being swallowed up by advancing sand dunes. The woman and the trapped man begin a strange and erotic relationship that stretches over years, as the man's hope for escape dims.

Original version Japanese; English subtitles