Newport Beach Film Festival 2009

A circus performer recalls a doomed passion in this stunningly captivating visual piece evoking the mystery of love and loss. -- Alone in his home, he listens to a recording of the poem he once shared with the woman he loves (‘Mon Rêve Familier’ by Paul Verlaine, 1866). And, as he mends his disheveled performance costume, her images and words haunt him. Conjuring her in memory and dream, she suddenly appears before him. He approaches her, searching, and she eludes him in a sensual dance. The film uses both dialog and voice over in French, English, and Spanish. And - with its lush colors and stunning imagery - it moves effortlessly between the present, and memory, and dream. The film, like Verlaine’s poem, becomes a subtle study of man and of love.