Arnold Antonin Films
Levoy Exil and his Court or Bliss at the Tip of the Paintbrush
2021/DVD/ Color /27 minutes in Haitian-Creole, subtitled in French and English.
A poetic fable told through paintings that seem childhood dreams and that undoubtedly would have made Joan Miro happy. This film immerses us in the animist universe of Levoy Exil and allows us to follow the dreamlike approach of one of the great masters of Haitian painting. We unravel the mystery of St Soleil and the Cinq Soleils as well as that of the links between the painter and André Malraux.
A poetic fable told through paintings that seem childhood dreams and that undoubtedly would have made Joan Miro happy. This film immerses us in the animist universe of Levoy Exil and allows us to follow the dreamlike approach of one of the great masters of Haitian painting. We unravel the mystery of St Soleil and the Cinq Soleils as well as that of the links between the painter and André Malraux.
Le roi Exil et sa cour ou la béatitude au bout du pinceau. Une fable poétique racontée dans des tableaux apparaissant comme des rêves d’enfants et qui auraient fait sans nul doute le bonheur de Joan Miro. Ce film nous plonge dans l’univers animiste de Levoy Exil et nous permet de suivre la démarche onirique d’un des grands maîtres de la peinture haïtienne. Nous y perçons le mystère de St Soleil et des Cinq soleils ainsi que celui des liens entre le peintre et André Malraux.
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