Monsieur FantĂ´mas is very rich in terms of surrealist imagesâ e.g. three mysterious masked men cycling across the beach in slow motion, Inspector Juveâs assistants breaking down a door in the middle of the sand with the help of a gigantic key used as a battering ram, the two lovers' romantic and rather gripping walk along the seaside (he is masked, while she is wearing a nunâs wimple and a swimming suit) hand in hand... But one image stands out from all the rest: the sequence in which FantĂ´mas is surrounded by police.
1937-12-29