The Still Life of Harley Prosper

"Juan Manuel Sepúlveda pushes the interview device to the extreme, questioning all the voices and all the men who live in Harley Prosper’s spirit, exploring each centimetre of his skin, sharing the delirium of his confinement. In this film, he is not a talking head, he is a multiple body, overflowing. Half-man, half-spirit, Harley Prosper awaits only death. Sharing his fatal journey, we reach his state of trance." - Elena López Riera, Visions du Réel

As a child, Harley Prosper was chosen to be the Medicine Man of his people, a Cree village in the plains of central Canada. When he grew up, Harley rejected this responsibility and ran away to Vancouver to drink himself to death, defying the Spirit who chose him. Confined in a hospice for the terminally ill, the film follows the daily ritual of a man who is determined to profane his sacred mission until the end.

  • Title: The Still Life of Harley Prosper
  • Duration: 67
  • Screening format: DCP
  • Language: English
  • Subtitles: Spanish, French
  • Aspect ratio: 16:9
  • Sound: 5.1 and Stereo
  • Year: 2018
  • Production country: Mexico
  • Production companies: Fragua Cinematografía
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  • VISIONS DU RÉEL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NYON, SWISS
    Grand Prize in the Burning Lights Competition
  • UNAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - FICUNAM
    Special Jury Mention
  • MÁLAGA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, SPAIN
    Best Documentary Director Award
  • 38 FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM D’AMIENS, FRANCE
    Special Jury Mention
  • ZANATE, MEXICAN DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL, MEXICO
    Best Film Award
  • ECUADOR INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL - EDOC
  • VANCOUVER LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
  • FESTIVAL DE CINE RADICAL EN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
  • DOCSMX, INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL OF MEXICO CITY
  • ÂNÛÛ-RÛ ÂBORO, 12 FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE CINÉMA DES PEUPLES, NEW CALEDONIA
  • FRONTERA SUR, INTERNATIONAL NON FICTION FILM FESTIVAL, CHILE
  • TRANSCINEMA FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE, PERU
Director, Cinematography and Sound
Juan Manuel Sepúlveda
Producers
Juan Manuel Sepúlveda, Viana González Delgado
Editor
Lorenzo Mora Salazar
Writers
Juan Manuel Sepúlveda, David Cunningham
Sound Designers
Jose Miguel Enríquez, Pablo Fernández
Cast
Harley Prosper