Rhinoceros
– Originally an absurdist play by Eugene Ionesco, Rhinoceros tells the story of a French town plagued ..
Originally an absurdist play by Eugene Ionesco, Rhinoceros tells the story of a French town plagued by rhinoceroses. These are not ordinary rhinoceroses, but people who have been victims of "rhinoceritis." Or is it something else entirely? But, why are they turning into rhinoceroses and what is Ionesco trying to tell us about society?
21 Jan 1974
English
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Tom O'Horgan
Eugène Ionesco (play), Julian Barry (screenplay)
Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen Black, Joe Silver
Originally an absurdist play by Eugene Ionesco, Rhinoceros tells the story of a French town plagued by rhinoceroses. These are not ordinary rhinoceroses, but people who have been victims of "rhinoceritis." Or is it something else entirely? But, why are they turning into rhinoceroses and what is Ionesco trying to tell us about society?
American Film Theatre