The Seashell and the Clergyman

Strictly speaking, this was the first surrealist film, even though it was booed by surrealists at its premiere at the famous Studio des Ursulines cinema. As a result, it became one of the greatest artistic scandals of the 1920s. The little narration that does exist is essentially unimportant, as Antoine Artaud, the film's scriptwriter, was searching for the visual substance of film and cinéma pur. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)