Acteón

Acteón

75 mins | Drama | June 13, 1967

An expressionist reimagining of the classic Greek myth involving Acteón and Diana, transposed to Spain's Costa Brava by a future auteur of horror cinema. Based on the myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses in which Acteón accidentally catches a glimpse of Diana, the goddess of love, and is subsequently turned into a deer for his dogs to devour, Jorge Grau's modernist retelling resets the story to contemporary Spain, where a fisherman – played by Martin LaSalle, star of Bresson's Pickpocket – follows an enchanting, flirtatious stranger into the city.

Acteón

75 mins | Drama | June 13, 1967

Acteón
An expressionist reimagining of the classic Greek myth involving Acteón and Diana, transposed to Spain's Costa Brava by a future auteur of horror cinema. Based on the myth from Ovid's Metamorphoses in which Acteón accidentally catches a glimpse of Diana, the goddess of love, and is subsequently turned into a deer for his dogs to devour, Jorge Grau's modernist retelling resets the story to contemporary Spain, where a fisherman – played by Martin LaSalle, star of Bresson's Pickpocket – follows an enchanting, flirtatious stranger into the city.
Producers X Films
Original title Acteón
Directors Gael de Milicua, Jorge Grau
Writers Ovide, Jorge Grau

Cast

Martin LaSalle

as Acteón

Pilar Clemens

as Primera Mujer

Claudia Gravy

as Segunda Mujer

Iván Tubau

as Prestidigitador

Nieves Salcedo

as Mujer del Prestidigitador

Virginia Quintana

as Mujer en Metro

Guillermo Méndez

as General prusiano