Acera, or the Witches' Dance
Acera, or the Witches' Dance

Acera, or the Witches' Dance

Acéra ou Le bal des sorcières

Release date : 1972-01-01

Production country :

France

Production company :

Status : Released

Durasi : 13 Min.

Popularity : 0.579

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Total Vote : 15

In mud flats along the coast of Brittany we watch acera, small ball-shaped mollusks that are about two inches in diameter. They rest in mud; then, in water, they dance, their skirt-like hood spreading like a dervish's cassock. They spin and spin. The film adds musical accompaniment. We watch them mate and secrete eggs: acera are both male and female, and can form chains with other acera in which they simultaneously mate as a male and as a female. The eggs hatch, and the cycle begins again.