The Real Presence (1984) explores the boundaries between reality and illusion through a series of avant-garde and gothic-horror scenes. The film mixes elements of essay and fictional-documentary styles, blurring the lines between real and imaginary. It delves into the world of acting and theater, capturing the essence of stage-acting and the art of thespian performance. Directed by a cult-director, the film takes place in the captivating setting of Avignon, France, during the renowned Avignon Festival.
Nearly 30 years-old, Hélène still looks like a teenager. She is the author of powerful texts with corrosive humor. It is part, as she says herself, of a "badly calibrated lot, not entering anywhere". Her telepathic poetry speaks of her world and of ours. She accompanies a director who adapts her work to the theater, she talks with a mathematician ... Yet Helene can not talk or hold a pen, she has never learned to read or write. It when she turns 20 that her mother discovers that she can communicate by arranging letters on a sheet of paper. One of the many mysteries of the one that calls herself Babouillec ...
Jérôme Bel's show features the memories of spectators at the Avignon Festival.
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