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Arthur Rimbaud six mois en enfer // Les mêmes yeux que toi

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In September 1871, sixteen-year-old Arthur Rimbaud flees his native Ardennes for Paris, the capital of artists and insurgents. Immersing himself in bohemian life, he joins the group of poets known as the Parnassians. In a few electrifying verses, the young prodigy upends the poetry of his time.

Walking alongside Verlaine, his “companion in hell,” through the city’s darkest streets, Rimbaud experiments with the forbidden, discovering sex, drugs, and night of drunken excess. In post-Commune Paris, where the barricades still smolder, moral authority has reasserted itself, and Rimbaud burns with the desire to escape it. Rebellious and furious, he dreams of transgression, vertigo, and upheaval.

Based on Henri Fantin-Latour’s famous painting—the only artwork to depict the controversial poet couple—this documentary, featuring the voices of Zaho de Sagazan and Félix Moati, invites the viewer to explore a decisive episode in Arthur Rimbaud’s life.

Première nord-américaine

Sélection officielle - longs-métrages

Opening act: short film Les mêmes yeux que toi

Short film

Première mondiale
Compétition nationale - courts-métrages / Compétition internationale - courts-métrages
Canada / 2025 /  / 11 minutes / français S.-T. anglais

 

Réalisation Derek Branscombe Production Véronique Perreault, Zion Lipstein-Saffer Direction décoration Camille Barrantes Montage Arnaud Vaillancourt Chorégraphie Anne Plamondon Photographie Christophe Collette Composition Ourielle Auve

 

Choreographer Anne Plamondon reflects on the complex relationship she shared with her late father, who lived with schizophrenia. Blending autobiography, fiction, and dance, the film traces her return to his apartment several months after his death.

 

What begins as a mundane visit to retrieve a few belongings turns into a much deeper experience: crossing the threshold, painful memories and a sense of violence flood her thoughts. Drawn by curiosity, she allows the darkness in, confronting for the first time the ghosts that haunted her father.

 

Nearly overwhelmed by this madness, Anne turns to the transformative power of dance, learning to move with the ghosts rather than against them. Only by truly embracing this part of her father does she finally free herself from the weight of the past.

MYQT25

Flore-Anne D'Arcimoles

In French only

Derek Branscombe

In his own realm of visual enchantment, director Derek Branscombe’s obsession is crafting bold visual worlds that dissolve the boundary between dreams and reality. He seamlessly navigates between harnessing new technologies and techniques in his solo experimentation and being a vibrant leader when directing larger sets and crews.

Derek thrives off of the challenge of filmmaking and the joy of collaboration, always getting the best out of every moment and person. Always taking reality a step further, his passion for animation and VFX makes each frame a brushstroke of cinematic sorcery, whisking viewers far away to realms of daring imagination.

Derek has been nominated for the prestigious Young Director's Award (YDA) and a Vimeo Staff Pick for his innovative video for Ouri’s Ossature.

Biographical notes provided by the film production team 

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