Alexander The Fool (2019) [N/A]

Release Date:
September 20, 2019

Original Title:
Alexandre le fou

Alternate Titles:
Alexander Odyssey
Alexander's Odyssey
Безумный Александр

Genres:
Documentary

Production Countries:
Canada

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 65

Fifteen years after a psychotic event on the South China Sea flipped his life upside down, Alex, a sensitive, refined and schizophrenic man is at a crossroads. His grand-mother and confidante, who would like to die with peace of mind, insists that he tries to find a girlfriend. His encounter with a young psychotic woman gives birth to an ardently passionate relationship, making him slowly drift away from his usual emotional boundaries. While the South China Sea’s troubled waters well up in his mind, he gradually isolates himself, in danger of being swallowed by paranoia’s unfathomable abyss. An intimate odyssey, at once troubling and sublime.

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Co-Editor:
Sylvia De Angelis
Sophie Leblond
Pedro Pires

Co-Writer:
Josiane Lapointe
Pedro Pires

Director:
Pedro Pires

Director of Photography:
Pedro Pires

Executive Producer:
Sylvia De Angelis

Producer:
Pedro Pires

Sound Designer:
Gaël Poisson-Lemay

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