The most immature genius you've never heard of, finally explained.
A documentary of absurdist humor that delves into the immaturity of Witold Gombrowicz, the controversial Polish writer who lived in Argentina and wrote the first existentialist novel.
Acting
Rita Gombrowicz brings messy, magnificent family baggage.
Direction
Valentini matches subject chaos with formal playfulness.
Writing
Witty narration that would make Witold proud or furious.
Director
Nicolás Valentini
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gombrowicz wrote Ferdydurke, considered the first existentialist novel, before Sartre's Nausea—he just never got the credit.
Argentina's intellectual scene of the 1960s essentially adopted him; this doc explores how exile became his brand.
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