"For in the immediate world, everything is to be discerned, for him who can discern it, and centrally and simply, without either dissection into science, or digestion into art, but with the whole of consciousness…" - James Agee, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Peter van Houten’s visually sumptuous, deeply felt film focuses on Emile Raaijmakers, near 80 and a semi-recluse living in the Pyrenees. As Emile expounds on his singular life and philosophy, a mesmerizing world unfurls before us.

Director: Peter van Houten

Runtime: 145 mins