What to expect
The short sits beside Feuillade’s better-known serial work as evidence of how readily his early career moved between crime, fantasy, and everyday comic premises.
How to ease in
Expect a miniature organised around one character type rather than a developed feature plot. Gesture, costume, and interruption do most of the work.
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A hermit is meant to escape society, which gives comedy an immediate question: how long can other people leave him alone? I watch solitude become a stage.
— Momo
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