
DelmiraAgustini(Uruguay,1886-1914)isconsideredoneofthegreatestfemalepoetsinLatinAmerica.FilmmakerLaurentprovidesabeautiful,calmandsometimesplayfulportraitofherbrieflife.Agustinihadtwopassions:loveandpoetry.<br/> Tragicartists’livesarealwaysathankfulsubjectforfilms.CertainlyiftheyendthesamewayasShakespeare’sRomeo&Juliet.Inthissubtle,super-cooledbiography,theFrenchdirector/scriptwriter/actressChristineLaurentfilmedthelifeofDelmiraAgustini(1886-1914),afamousnamewithinfemalepoetryinLatinAmerica.AsamemberoftheUruguayanaristocraticclass,Agustinilivedhershortlifeinluxuriousmansions,stylishlydepictedbyLaurent.Hereshehadalltheroomsheneededtowritehertitillating,eroticpoems.<br/> LaurentfocusesprimarilyontheficklelovelifeonwhichAgustini'sworkwasbased.HerrelationshipwiththepossessiveEnriqueJobReyeshaditsupsanddowns.Hewantstomarryher,butshehasherdoubtsandalsohastocometotermswithherdominantmother.SpokeninFrench,Demain?turnsintoaportraitofayoungwomanwho,despitegrowingupinrelativefreedom,hastofightforherindependence.






