Louis has epilepsy. He suffers from a severe, complex, and debilitating form of it. It has stolen him years of his childhood and erased his memories. His parents, filmmakers Emma Matthews and Christopher Petit, tell his story through a collage of archival footage – including recordings of his seizures – film clips, works of art, among them Louis’s own paintings, and sequences from road movies. This family’s story is a personal account of suffering, but also of Louis’s journey toward his own future beyond the confines of institutions and systems.
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Emma Matthews
Emma Matthews is a British editor who has made a name for herself internationally as co-director of the BBC series «Arena – Night and Day» (2015–2020), a collection of 24-hour films compiled from the extensive archives of the legendary Arena series.
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Christopher Petit
Christopher Petit (born 1949) is a director whose debut film RADIO ON (1979) is now considered a cult classic of British cinema: a minimalist road movie strongly influenced by music, landscape, and atmosphere.
