The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Gérard MordillatDirector
Cast
- Sami FreyAntonin Artaud
- Marc BarbéCast
- Julie JézéquelCast
- Valérie JeannetCast
Stills
Themes
theater