Movie: The True Story of Artaud the Momo

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Anie Besnard
Anie Besnard

Marthe Robert
Marthe Robert

Paule Thevenin
Paule Thevenin

Henri Thomas
Henri Thomas

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    While researching their subject’s life for their feature My Life and Times With Antonin Artaud, co-directors/writers Gerard Mordillat and Jerome Prieur made a documentary on the famed French actor/writer/poet that died in 1948 at the age of 51.

  • Release Date

    1994-05-06

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    8

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    Français

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