Saint-Ex (1996)

Directed by

Anand Tucker

Genre

biographical film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 22m

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This biographical film depicts the life of French author and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry using a poetic tone poem style. It follows Saint-Exupéry from his childhood through his adult years as he writes and flies.

poeticmeditativemelancholicslow-pacedatmosphericintrospectivelyricalsomber

What happens

Saint-Ex is a 1996 British television film, which was released as an episode of the BBC Two TV series Bookmark, after its premiere at the London Film Festival. The story documents the life of French author-aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry in the form of a "tone poem". The film was directed by Anand Tucker and stars Bruno Ganz, Miranda Richardson and Janet McTeer. The screenplay was by Frank Cottrell Boyce, while the writer's sons, Aidan and Joseph, portrayed the Saint-Exupéry brothers, François and Antoine, as children. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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