The Song of Styrene

The Song of Styrene

The Song of Styrene

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The Song of Styrene

1958

0h 13m

6.4(29 votes)

Documentary

Animation

Overview

Le chant du Styrène is a 1958 French documentary film directed by Alain Resnais. The film was an order by French industrial group Pechiney to highlight the merits of plastics.

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Pierre Dux

Pierre Dux

Narrator (voice)

Sacha Vierny

The worker

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Directed by: Alain Resnais
Written by: Raymond Queneau
Produced by: Pierre Braunberger

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