Pierre Clémenti's Soleil presents a psychedelic meditation on his life and his detention in an Italian Prison in 1972.
Direction
Clémenti's single-handed vision: prisoner, poet, and painter of light.
Cinematography
Hand-painted and solarized 16mm — each frame tortured into beauty.
Editing
Collage rhythm matching fractured prison time: eternal and instantaneous.
Director
Pierre Clémenti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Clémenti processed much of the film himself in his Paris laboratory, often painting directly onto the celluloid — a technique he called 'cinematographic graffiti.'
The 1972 arrest was part of Italy's infamous 'Years of Lead' paranoia; Clémenti, though apolitical, was swept up in the dragnet that targeted anyone 'suspicious' — including actors with long hair.
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