Part narrative, part meditation, “Soleil” is haunted by memories past, present, and future. The last film Clémenti was to direct, and his personal favorite, it begins with a reenactment of his arrest in Rome where, alone in a cell, he suffers the slow grind of the judicial system’s wheels. As if to secure his own image for posterity, he sets himself the task of recording his final words: “Deafened by the song of innocence, awaiting no fame...Who is this fragile heart beyond melancholy? Here lies Pierre Clémenti. The deceased was beloved, was perfect, to excess.“ - Michael Chaiken