Blake Draper (Prom Pact, Clickbait) will star as the sole actor in A. Rimbaud, a film about French poet Arthur Rimbaud. Variety reported that the project, which recently wrapped production in Winnipeg, "follows the writer from his schoolboy days in Charleville to his final years in Africa. As Rimbaud explored and broke with traditional forms of poetry, the movie likewise escapes the confines of a biopic."
Writer-director Patrick Wang (In the Family, A Bread Factory), who has published translations of renowned poets Ivan Bunin, Georg Trakl, and Julian Tuwim, said, "The only way to keep up with Rimbaud is to be as playful and as inventive as Rimbaud. We have the team of rogues ready to do this. At the center of it all is a young actor who is lightning in a bottle."
The film will be produced by Wang, Daryl Freimark of Hardball Entertainment and Fritzi Adelman and Evan Johnson of Thin Stuff Productions. Draper, Victoria Sidebotham, Frank Barrera, Amy Williams, Michael Bevins, Galen Johnson, and Kyle Bornais will serve as executive producers.
"Creating its own language and visual looks, I can't wait for the world to see what comes from the mind of Patrick Wang and this amazing team of creatives," Freimark said. "Blake Draper brings an insatiable work ethic and bottomless talent in his astounding performance as Arthur Rimbaud."