The High Solitudes

The High Solitudes

1974 · 83 min · FR · 6.7 (19 votes)
Dir. Philippe Garrel · Starring Jean Seberg, Nico, Tina Aumont, Laurent Terzieff
Documentary

Garrel convinced Jean Seberg, in the midst of a long struggle with mental illness, alcohol and drug, to “star” in this silent document of her daily life. Consisting mostly of meditative B&W close-ups of Seberg and her friends, as her torments and inner life flicker across her eerily beautiful face.

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A raw, unflinching gaze into the quiet torment of a star. It feels like a private, melancholic meditation, capturing fleeting moments of vulnerability and inner struggle with a haunting intimacy.

melancholicintrospectivehauntingvulnerableslow-burnblack and whitearthouseobservational documentarymeditativemental illnessisolationfameinner turmoil
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