Name: Diatoms
Director: Jean Painlevé & Geneviève Hamon
Released: 1974

A short overview on the life and importance of diatoms, shown through a microscope.

Diatoms

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Examines the sea horse, the only fish that swims upright.&nbsp;We see a female place her eggs in a male&#x27;s pouch where they are fertilized and nurtured until birth in violent contractions.

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&quot;Le m&eacute;tier comporte ses joies pour ceux qui aiment la mer, pour ceux qui l&rsquo;aiment jusqu&rsquo;&agrave; l&rsquo;exclusion de toute autre possibilit&eacute; de joie naturelle.&nbsp;Patauger jour et nuit par n&rsquo;importe quel temps m&ecirc;me o&ugrave; l&rsquo;on sait ne rien trouver, de l&rsquo;eau au nombril ou aux chevilles, fouiller partout, algue ou pieuvre, s&rsquo;hypnotiser sur une mare sinistre o&ugrave; tout vous guette alors que rien n&rsquo;y vit &mdash; extase de n&rsquo;importe quel intoxiqu&eacute; y compris le chien de chasse kilom&eacute;trant en tous sens avec un plaisir infini le champ dont chaque repli cache, au plus, une vieille patate.&quot; 
 
Jean Painlev&eacute;, &quot;Les Pieds dans l&rsquo;Eau&quot;,&nbsp;Voil&agrave;,&nbsp;4 mai 1935.

Ce programme r&eacute;unit 5&nbsp;courts m&eacute;trages r&eacute;alis&eacute;s par Jean Painlev&eacute; : Le Vampire, La Pieuvre, L&#x27;Hippocampe, Comment naissent les m&eacute;duses,&nbsp;Ac&eacute;ra ou le bal des sorci&egrave;res.

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