Ciné-Fȇte - Charlestown: the Eternal Return

Charlestown: the Eternal Return

Episode of : Rimbaud +
Product code : A95-S03-01
Category(ies) : French Literature +, Biography +
Level(s) : Sec. (ages 14-17) +, Post-Sec. (18 +) +
Duration : 45 min.
Production year : 2005
Director(s) : Micheline Paintault
Producer(s) : CNDP
Version(s) : French +

Description

This film retraces the presence of the visionary poet, Arthur Rimbaud in Charleville (Ardennes, France) his native town. Numerous documents, photos, letters and drawings take us back on the trail of a fiendish young rebel in a very beautiful town and green countryside, which he, however, hated (as numerous letters bear witness).