Trailer to Charles Officer’s Doc Invisible Essence: The Little PrincePosted by Wilson Morales
October 3, 2018
Hitting EST/VOD on October 16th is the documentary, Invisible Essence: The Little Prince, directed by Charles Officer and based on French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s famous novel.
Invisible Essence explores the legacy of The Little Prince, 75 years after its initial publication. The film introduces a modern day little prince – a seven year-old blind Pakistani-Canadian boy who absorbs The Little Prince for the first time – and captures engaging conversations with an incredible range of individuals such as Mark Osborne (Director of the animated film “The Little Prince), Rupi Kaur (Poet, New York Times Bestselling Author), and Olivier and Francois D’Agay, the great nephew and nephew of Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Although a fable, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s transcendent story suggests an ethical philosophy about life in its own way, a code of respect for humanity.
First published in 1943, the novella has been translated into more than 300 languages and sold roughly 140 million copies. It tells the story of an airplane pilot who is left with little food and water after he crashes in the Sahara desert. As he worries about his situation, he’s approached by a young boy, the little prince, who asks him to draw a sheep.
Invisible Essence is Officer’s first feature since his award-winning doc Unarmed Verses (2017), which was produced through the NFB. The project, which follows a shy and curious adolescent as she discovers the power of poetry, music and her own voice, won the Best Canadian Feature Documentary prize at Hot Docs 2017 and the Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival People’s Choice Award at last year’s TIFF.
