DOXA Documentary Film Festival presents Adrianne & the Castle
“Reality is for those who lack imagination."
Inventive and whimsical, Adrianne & the Castle is the true story of Alan St-Georges—a mascot-maker and artist in rural Illinois—and the ornate castle he built by hand with his beloved wife Adrianne prior to her passing in 2006. Since Adrianne’s death, Alan has continued to put finishing touches on Havencrest Castle, which now stands as a “temple” dedicated to the couple’s transcendent love. “She really was her own art,” Alan says. His grief threatens to overtake him, but his sorrow connects him to Adrianne’s love, giving him the strength to carry on.
Acclaimed filmmaker Shannon Walsh (The Gig Is Up, Illusions Of Control) collaborates with Alan to tell his and Adrianne’s fairytale love story through fantastical musical sequences: a reenactment of Alan and Adrianne’s first meeting and Alan’s immediate infatuation; opulent theatrical productions in the castle hallways; dreamy visions of Adrianne in the afterlife, appearing as a bejeweled angel floating in kaleidoscopic light. As he continues his work, Alan grapples with his profound grief, revealing with lucidity and extraordinary candor his struggle to find a way forward without the love of his life.
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