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The Song of Styrene(Movie, 1958)

Original title: "Le Chant du styrène" (French/FR)

19min | Genre: Documentary

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

Le chant du Styrène (lit. "The Song of Styrene") is a 13-minute long French documentary film from 1958. It was directed by Alain Resnais for the French industrial group Pechiney to highlight the merits of plastics. The narration spoken by Pierre Dux is a poem written by Raymond Queneau, all in alexandrines, whose title is a pun on the phonetic resemblance of "styrene" to "siren". ()

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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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Production country: France

Made by: Les Films de la Pléiade, Péchiney

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR)

Translated into 5 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/30/1959

Cast: Pierre Dux, Sacha Vierny

Director: Alain Resnais

Screenwriter: Raymond Queneau

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"To tragoudi tou plastikou"

"To tragoudi tou Styreniou"

"A műanyag éneke"

"Spiew styrenu"

Keywords: short film

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