“If I should leave you/ Try to remember all the good times / Long days filled with sunshine / And just a little bit of rain.”

These lyrics sung by Karen Dalton, one of folk music’s most striking voices, seem to resonate like a mantra in Emmanuelle Antille’s film. Far from being a biopic, this is more of a rite of passage undertaken by the filmmaker and her crew in the footsteps of the mysterious singer from Greenwich Village, who later disappeared to Colorado with her commune. Like a mirror reflecting Dalton, the film crew connects with her by gleaning images (stunning, unseen footage), sounds and memories along the way. The film gradually becomes a collage, a “process” for the filmmaker that allows her to examine her own artistic practice. A poignant journey into the unknown to try to remember all the good times, long days filled with sunshine… and just a little bit of rain.

Aurélien Marsais
Programmer, producer