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202094 minPGdocumentary

8.5/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

Addiction Mental Health

A Man Leaning

202094 minPGdocumentary

8.5/ 10(1 rating)• TMDB

A tragic car accident claims the life of French poet Thierry Metz's youngest child, leading him into a deep depression and struggles with alcohol abuse.

Addiction Mental Health

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Marie-Violaine Brincard,

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A tragic car accident claims the life of French poet Thierry Metz's youngest child, leading him into a deep depression and struggles with alcohol abuse.

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Marie-Violaine Brincarddirector

Olivier Durydirector

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Thierry Metz, a French poet, faces unimaginable loss after his youngest child dies in a car accident. Following this tragedy, Metz moves to the countryside with his wife and three children. The film details his descent into depression and struggles with alcohol abuse. It includes his time in a mental health facility as he confronts grief and the challenges of being an artist. Metz's life and poetry are examined in the context of his untimely death in 1997.

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