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Song of Avignon

1998·Documentary·9m
7.3
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Jonas Mekas reflects on a 1966 trip to Avignon that offered solace during a period of personal crisis. Combining diary texts read by Angus MacLise with images of place and memory, the film becomes a lyrical meditation on pain, survival, and the restorative power of reflection.
Directed by Jonas Mekas
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Cast

Angus MacLise
Angus MacLise
Narrator (archive footage)
Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas
Self

Crew

Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas
Director
Jonas Mekas
Jonas Mekas
Writer

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Jack
Jack
9.0★ · 03/28/26
Song of Avignon
this short film is a mirror
this short film is a mirror
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dra
dra
10.0★ · 07/08/26
Song of Avignon
"I never let you down, world, but you did lousy things to me."
"This feeling of going nowhere, of being stuck, the feeling of Dante’s first strophe, as if afraid of the next step, next stage."
"I never let you down, world, but you did lousy things to me."
"This feeling of going nowhere, of being stuck, the feeling of Dante’s first strophe, as if afraid of the next step, next stage."
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AFriend20
AFriend20
Song of Avignon
My first Jonas Mekas film. He just has a way of making life really beautiful.
My first Jonas Mekas film. He just has a way of making life really beautiful.
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Spencer Hamilton
Spencer Hamilton
Song of Avignon
What am I doing to get out of where I am?
What am I doing to get out of where I am?
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giovanni
giovanni
Song of Avignon
"Eu vomito pedaços quebrados de palavras e de sintaxes, de países por onde passei, de membros partidos em um matadouro, de geografias."
"Eu vomito pedaços quebrados de palavras e de sintaxes, de países por onde passei, de membros partidos em um matadouro, de geografias."
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