Harpy (1979)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Harpy is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: LaCinetek
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Cast & Crew.
Will Spoor
Man
Fran Waller Zeper
Harpy
Sjoert Schwibethus
Assailant
Raoul Servais
Director
Carlos Detremmerie
Makeup Artist
Lucien Goethals
Composer
Nicole Krellstein
Makeup Artist
Guy Baele
Props
Walter Smets
Cinematographer
Daniel Roelant
Set Photographer
Fernand Boudens
Costumer
Jeanne Sels
Costumer
Véronique Steeno
Title Designer
Media.
Details.
Release DateMay 1, 1979
Original NameHarpya
StatusReleased
Running Time9m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Harpya is a 1979 Belgian short comedy horror film written and directed by Raoul Servais, which tells the story of a man (portrayed by Will Spoor) who tries to live with a harpy (portrayed by Fran Waller Zeper), a mythical being that is half woman and half bird of prey with an insatiable appetite. The nine-minutes-long film, which has no spoken dialogue, explores authority and domination, themes Servais had earlier addressed on a larger, societal level but here applied to a personal relationship.
Servais, who began to make animated short films in the 1950s, wanted to move away from the cartoon format and invented a new technique for combining animation and live action specifically for Harpya. The film was positively received by critics, won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival and gained international renown for its director. Servais abandoned the technique he used in Harpya because it was too time consuming but continued to combine actors and animation in his later films.