May, 1946, in Paris young poet Jacques Prevel meets Antonin Artaud, the actor, artist, and writer just released from a mental asylum. Over ten months, we follow the mad Artaud from his cruel coaching of an actress in his "theatre of cruelty" to his semi-friendship with Prevel who buys him drugs and hangs on his every word. Meanwhile, Prevel divides his time between Jany, his blond, young, drug-hazed mistress, and Rolande, his dark-haired, long-suffering wife, who has a child during this time. Cruelty, neglect, poverty, egoism, madness, and the pursuit of art mix on the Left Bank.
Gérard Mordillat
Director
Lux Æterna61%
Michou d'Auber64%
Reading Lolita in Tehran73%
Deux Jours à tuer71%
Salomé62%
Chaos63%
24 Jours66%
Le ciel attendra69%
O.G.59%
Houria69%
La Cage60%
Adieu Philippine69%
La joven69%
Banlieusards 360%
Home67%
Holy Lands61%
TalhotBlond63%
Petit Paysan68%
L'Argent69%
Mon frère65%
