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André Montpetit, known as Arthur, passed like a shooting star through the Quebec artistic landscape. An outstanding artist with a boundless imagination, he ignited the world of posters and comics in the late 1960s before disappearing completely. While the "Arthur" myth is alive and well today, a complete mystery surrounds the fate of André Montpetit, the man. Is he still alive? Does he still draw? Through a mosaic of previously unseen works, original animated sequences, and firsthand accounts, filmmaker Saël Lacroix lifts the veil on this emblematic figure of an era now forgotten by history.Read moreLess
André Montpetit, known as Arthur, passed like a shooting star through the Quebec artistic landscape. An outstanding artist with a boundless imagination, he ignited the world of posters and comics in the late 1960s before disappearing completely. While the "Arthur" myth is alive and well today, a complete mystery surrounds the fate of André Montpetit, the man. Is he still alive? Does he still draw? Through a mosaic of previously unseen works, original animated sequences, and firsthand accounts, filmmaker Saël Lacroix lifts the veil on this emblematic figure of an era now forgotten by history.
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André Montpetit, known as Arthur, passed like a shooting star through the Quebec artistic landscape. An outstanding artist with a boundless imagination, he ignited the world of posters and comics in the late 1960s before disappearing completely. While the "Arthur" myth is alive and well today, a complete mystery surrounds the fate of André Montpetit, the man. Is he still alive? Does he still draw? Through a mosaic of previously unseen works, original animated sequences, and firsthand accounts, filmmaker Saël Lacroix lifts the veil on this emblematic figure of an era now forgotten by history.
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- Director
- Saël Lacroix
- Writer
- Saël Lacroix
- Producer
- Marc-André Faucher