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10 great French avant-garde films of the 1920s

A century ago, French artists and filmmakers showed the way towards a dreamlike, confrontational, nonsensical cinema, from The Seashell and the Clergyman to Un chien andalou.

By David Parkinson

10 great French avant-garde films of the 1920s
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