LE PROPHÈTE DE L’EXTASE

Release date

May 23, 2026

Genre

Documentary

Language

VOASTF

Duration

100

Rating

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Special event - GRAND PREMIERE

This film will be followed by a panel discussion with the creators and special guests of the documentary, including Rick Doblin, one of the leading figures of the psychedelic renaissance, director Elias C. Varoutsos, and producers Lori Braun and Sergeo Kirby.

The Prophet of Ecstasy explores themes of art, politics and consciousness through the improbable life of Michael Clegg, the former Catholic priest who introduced MDMA to the world - a drug he would later dub ‘Ecstasy’. The documentary will take viewers on a wild ride, from Clegg’s life as an MDMA drug kingpin, to his present-day transformation as an enlightened yogi. It also examines how the destinies of Michael Clegg, chemist Carina Leveriza, and psychedelics advocate Rick Doblin, are inexorably bound with that of the socio-cultural explosion of MDMA through its epic journey of discovery, criminalization, and re-emergence from the shadows.

Directed by

Elias C. Varoutsos

Country

Québec

Version

English with French subtitles

Original title

THE PROPHET OF ECSTASY

LE PROPHÈTE DE L’EXTASE

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