Journalist for Les Inrockuptibles and T?l?rama, singer-songwriter, pianist and singer (Chelsea, Melville, La Guardia, 49 Swimming Pools), screenwriter, director, producer ... Emmanuel Tellier, whose new project brings us in the heart of the United States, in the footsteps of a mysterious disappearance. November 1934. A young 20-year-old named Everett Ruess disappears without a trace in a desert in southern Utah. What could have happened to him? Murder, accident, deliberate choice to disappear forever? Born in 1914 in Los Angeles, Ruess was a promising artist: illustrator, poet, at the same time a reckless young explorer, attracted by the wildest and most radical nature. To this day, his disappearance remains a mystery. But his stories of travel and the abundant correspondence with his family allow to accurately account for his short and flamboyant existence. The documentary film, written and directed by Emmanuel Tellier, invites us to follow in the footsteps of this extraordinary character, by redoing the road and going to Utah and Arizona to meet those who are passionate about mystery Ruess ". Far from being content to accompany the film, the soundtrack is a real album with organic and vibrant beauty. On a piano-voice basis close to the emotion, she manages to revive the singularity of Everett Ruess and his poetry full of wind, dust and light. As touching as ever, the voice of Emmanuel Tellier seems to be inhabited by the strength of this young adventurer, who was soon gone
