I Set Out

I Set Out

2015
7.0

7.0/10

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"To put your hands in the cold water and know you are still alive."

Overview

In the 1980s, writer, poet, radio personality and football enthusiast Franck Venaille is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He decides to travel the length of the Scheldt river, to dip his hands in its source, and brings back the long epic poem La Descente de l'Escaut. Today, the disease has progressed, but Venaille still spends much of his time working in the study where he wrote the text. Je me suis en marche is both a road movie weaving together the poem, Venaille now and during his journey, and a documentary adaptation of the epic odyssey of a sick man retracing a river across 450 kilometres.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
La Traverse POM Films TVM - Est Parisien
Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
French

Quick Facts

Original Title Je me suis mis en marche
Release Date July 4, 2015
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt5046066

Cast

Franck Venaille
Franck Venaille

Laurent Ziserman
Laurent Ziserman

Eli Verdet
Eli Verdet

Key Crew

Martin Verdet
Director