Cravan vs. Cravan

Oct 11 2002 N/A 1h 40m
Biography, Documentary, History

In 1918, the poet and boxer Arthur Cravan disappears in the Gulf of Mexico without a trace. Today, another boxer and artist, film director Frank Nicotra, begins an investigation that will take you behind the mysterious steps Cravan from Switzerland to Mexico, passing through Paris, London and Barcelona.

Plot

Resorting to both documentary and fiction, Isaki Lacuesta evokes, in his first feature film, the mysterious figure of Arthur Cravan, grandson of Oscar Wilde, poet, boxer, adventurer and one of the most fascinating characters of the 20th century, who disappeared in 1918, at the age of 30, when he was sailing through the Gulf of Mexico. The film, which contains a lot of phantasmagorical images of the time like the life of Cravan, uses an intelligent narrative artifice that turns it into a detective game: the narrator is also a boxer and a poet.

Written by

Isaki Lacuesta

Directed by

Isaki Lacuesta

Cast

Eduardo Arroyo, Maria Lluïsa Borràs, Enric Casasses

Crew

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Production Countries

Spain

Languages

Español

Awards

3 wins & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
141
Average Rating
7.1 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA