Two trains uncontrollably move towards each other within temporal boundaries of a human life. One of them is taking a genial young man to his unforeseen future; he would marry his beloved; have a son; become a brilliant doctor; do his duty and save the live of enemies of the communist regime; get a 20-years sentence for that. Prison would turn out to be an unbearable nightmare; his wife would eventually give in to the tortures of the authorities and seek divorce; this would mean no one to visit him in prison. 15 years without any news about his child, only a snapshot of his family on which the tree of them are smiling and happy.
Jun 2005
About Jean Claude Gauthier, a man who had lived 24 of his 49 years in prison and on the streets of Paris. In early 2000 Jean Claude met Swedish filmmaker and cinematographer Adam Nilsson, over time they became close friends and gradually Jean Claude began to talk about the parts his life which he couldn't forget, of his wife, his children, his marriage, his job as a model and florist, the bank robberies, the prison sentences and the feeling of losing everything that you love.
Oct 2002
