My Life And Times With Antonin Artaud

– May, 1946, in Paris young poet Jacques Prevel meets Antonin Artaud, the actor, artist, and writer ju..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
1993
Original Name:
En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud
My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud (1993) - Also known as En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud

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.

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Filming Locations:
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Release Date:

01 Nov 1995

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:
UNRATED

Director:

Gérard Mordillat

Writer:

Gérard Mordillat, Jacques Prevel (book), Jérôme Prieur

Main Actors:

Sami Frey, Marc Barbé, Julie Jézéquel, Valérie Jeannet

Plot:

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.

Awards:

3 wins.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%