Highlights

CLOSING CEREMONY: LATE FAME

Swiss Premiere

Kent Jones

United States

2025, 96'

Genre

DRAMA

Recommended Age

12 years

VO. English

ST. French

With

Willem Dafoe, Jake Lacy, Greta Lee

In presence of

Kent Jones

The film screening will be preceded by a 45-minute ceremony. Please note that entry to the theatre will not be permitted after the ceremony has begun.

DEAD POETS SOCIETY X AT ETERNITY'S GATE

Having fallen out of favor years ago, Ed Saxberger abandoned poetry to work modestly at the post office. His daily life is turned upside down when a student tracks him down. Lyrical and nostalgic.

Ed Saxberger's life has always been about literature! Having failed to achieve success with his poetry anthology in his youth, the former artist now earns a living as a postman. Just when he thought he had been forgotten by everyone, his work is suddenly rediscovered by a group of fascinated students who praise him and welcome him with open arms. It all seems too good to be true... Freely adapting a 19th-century short story by Arthur Schnitzler and transposing it to contemporary Manhattan, Kent Jones, former critic and director of the New York Film Festival, perfectly captures the unique energy of the city that never sleeps, the setting for the lost illusions of a spontaneous Willem Dafoe as an aging poet confronted by Greta Lee, fiery as the leader of the group.

Damien Brodard

Direction

Kent Jones

Screenplay

Samy Burch

Image

Wyatt Garfield

Editing

Mike Selemon

Art Director

Saska Trivundza

Music

Don Fleming