Alexander The Fool

Alexander The Fool

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 20, 2019

Runtime

1h 5m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

90%

Original Title

Alexandre le fou

Director

Pedro Pires

Description

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.