My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud

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.

Main Cast

Sami Frey

Antonin Artaud

Age : 86 | Popularity : 13%

Marc Barbé

Age : 62 | Popularity : 17%

Julie Jézéquel

Age : 60 | Popularity : 3%

Valérie Jeannet

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Gérard Mordillat
Department	Role	Name

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