My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

November 16, 1993

Original language

French

Spoken languages

french

Countries

France

Production

France 2,Archipel 33>35,La Sept,Laura Productions,Archipel 33>35, France 2, La Sept, Laura Productions

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0106810