Song of Avignon

Name: Song of Avignon
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1998-07-03
Duration: 9 min
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Angus MacLise, Jonas Mekas

1998·Documentary·9m

8.5

★

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

IMDB

N/A

Letterboxd

4.2 / 5

Cast

Angus MacLise

Narrator (archive footage)

Jonas Mekas

Self

Crew

Jonas Mekas

Director

Jonas Mekas

Writer

Popular Reviews

60 reviews

Jack

9.0★ · 03/28/26

this short film is a mirror

AFriend20

My first Jonas Mekas film. He just has a way of making life really beautiful.

7.0★ · 01/16/26

today i realised that i am 40 and that an immense emptiness surrounds me and my soul.

Plum Ruin

9.0★ · 12/28/25

Juste phénoménal le travail de Mekas, mélange entre souvenirs, réflexions philosophiques, images nostalgiques, émotions... le film m'a tellement pris, j'adore ce cinéma

arthur

que du fun

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