Latest News From the Cosmos
Host sponsor – Main Street Landing
Directed by Julie Bertuccelli
France ⎮ 2017⎮ Documentary ⎮ 85 mins ⎮ French w/ English subtitles
Film source: Icarus Films
Audience Award, 2016 Montreal Documentary Film Festival
Can a person incapable of speaking or writing somehow produce beautiful literature? In Latest News From the Cosmos, director Julie Bertuccelli (Story of Babel) answers that question in the affirmative, documenting the remarkable story of Helene Nicolas, aka Babouillec, a severely autistic 30-year-old French woman who manages to convey her deepest inner thoughts through a unique form of poetic wordplay. The film is both inspirational and informative.
This event is part of Global Roots Film Festival: Disability