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Sea Urchins
Sea Urchins
7.6
/10
90 Ratings

SEA URCHINS

Les oursins

Directed by Jean Painlevé, Geneviève Hamon
France, 1954
Documentary, Short

Synopsis

The film shows a transparent urchin, into which gelatin, now hardened, had previously been injected, revealing to us its mouth, its Aristotle lamp and other details, like the stems ending in suckers which spread far and wide, thus enabling the urchin to move.

Synopsis

The film shows a transparent urchin, into which gelatin, now hardened, had previously been injected, revealing to us its mouth, its Aristotle lamp and other details, like the stems ending in suckers which spread far and wide, thus enabling the urchin to move.