The subject of the film was the Hauka movement. The Hauka movement consisted of mimicry and dancing to become possessed by French Colonial administrators. The participants performed the same elaborate military ceremonies of their colonial occupiers, but in more of a trance than true recreation.
Les Maîtres fous is of 0 hour(s) and 28 minute(s). It is Produced By: Les Films de la Pléiade. It was released on 1955-08-24. It has an average vote of 6.233 on TMDB.
Genres: Documentary
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