My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud 1993
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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.
- Released: 1993-11-16
- Runtime: 90 minutes
- Genre: Drama
- Stars: Sami Frey, Marc Barbé, Julie Jézéquel, Valérie Jeannet
- Director: Gérard Mordillat
