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The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (1977)

The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died poster
Original title
Le vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort
Directed by
Jean Pierre Lefebvre
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Canada
Runtime
1h 54m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Abel travels from Canada to France to explore the country of his ancestors. The film follows him as he visits places connected to the poet Arthur Rimbaud.

contemplativemelancholicslow-pacedintimatereflectivequiet

What happens

The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died (French: Le Vieux pays où Rimbaud est mort) is a 1977 French-Canadian feature from Jean Pierre Lefebvre. The second film in his Abel Gagné trilogy, preceded by Don't Let It Kill You (Il ne faut pas mourir pour ça) in 1967 and followed by Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) in 1998, the film follows Abel (Marcel Sabourin) on a journey to France to visit the land of his ancestors. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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