John Arthur Geall (A Hidden Genius)
Synopsis
John Arthur Geall, English writer died in 1966 in complete solitude, left a work completely unfinished, never published in his lifetime. Character doubles, hidden behind an ordinary existence an an employee of insurances, he is rediscovered in Great Britain today. This movie reveals for the first time the incredible fate of a man whom many consider as one of the big English writers of the XXth century, but also as the biggest enigma of the modern literature.
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (1)
- Executive Producer : Arsenal Productions
Full credits (8)
- Executive Producer : Ludovic Arnal
- Screenwriter : LM Formentin
- Director of Photography : LM Formentin
- Editor : Anne Bettenfeld
- Sound Recordist : LM Formentin
- Voice : Séverine Poupin-Vêque
- Sound editor : Anne Bettenfeld
- Sound Mixer : Raphaël Devillers
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Auteur documentary, Research - Experimental
- Themes : Literature, Suicide
- Production language : French, English
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 2008
- Runtime : 51 min 2 seconds
- Production formats : DV-CAM
- Aspect ratio : 16/9
- Audio format : Stereo
- Rating restrictions : None
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