
A young poet, Paul Susser, meets his master, the great author Samuel Beckett, in a small cafe. The two men initiate a complex friendship that spans the last two decades of Beckett's life and forever changes Paul's future. After Beckett's death, Paul meets Lucia an actress who wants to play Krapp, Beckett's most autobiographical male character. By opening himself up to this woman he will finally come to terms with Backett's legacy. This feature length fiction allows for a surp... (Full plot summary below)
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A young poet, Paul Susser, meets his master, the great author Samuel Beckett, in a small cafe. The two men initiate a complex friendship that spans the last two decades of Beckett's life and forever changes Paul's future. After Beckett's death, Paul meets Lucia an actress who wants to play Krapp, Beckett's most autobiographical male character. By opening himself up to this woman he will finally come to terms with Backett's legacy. This feature length fiction allows for a surprisingly fresh and intimate journey which follows the crisscrossed destinies of two creators attempting to 'say the unsayable'. A study in humanity, poetry and the creative process.
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| Montreal GazetteBrendan KellyMcHattie looks uncannily like Beckett and the seasoned Canadian actor has just the right mix of quirk and grit to pull off the performance. |
| Globe and MailKiva ReardonTry as Barichello might to break with convention, the film feels more like a television production than experimental art. |
| Toronto StarPeter HowellMeetings With a Young Poet is like an absurd literary cage match where only one of the fighters is participating. The other just sits there looking stunned. |