My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud(1993)

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.

My Life and Times with Antonin Artaud (1993) is a drama film directed by Gérard Mordillat, released on November 16, 1993 with a runtime of 1h 30m. It stars Sami Frey, Marc Barbé, Julie Jézéquel and Valérie Jeannet. Viewers rate it 6.3 out of 10 across 11 ratings.