Keep a Modest Head
Sep 29 2012
•0h 19m
•Deco Dawson uses rare audio recording and film footage taken from Jean Benoit's studio in Paris to whimsically illustrate the life of the last official member of the hugely influential Surrealist group.
Cast
See allBrent Neale
Jean Benoît - Adulte
Brock MacGregor
Jean Benoît - Enfant
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