The first images of Hallelujah, the biopic on Leonard Cohen

song

or Leonard Cohen's difficult path to glory.

On October 19, a moving documentary on the great Canadian poet who died in 2016 will be released in French theaters entitled:

.

We discover that the most ecumenical song of this joyful pessimist with a deep voice was at first almost refused by the Columbia label.

During the approximately two minutes that this first trailer lasts, the viewer will discover that

, released in 1984 on the album

, will have allowed Leonard Cohen to experience a real renaissance.

This song, like

for Jacques Brel, ultimately says it all about the philosophical vision of the Montreal songwriter.

As he suggests himself in the film that Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine dedicated to him, “

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The search for perfection

The chaotic genesis of

perfectly encapsulates Leonard Cohen's fate as a cursed singer.

For years, he composed verses.

Compiled over time in small notebooks, he often judges them to be imperfect.

The subject is complex.

He wants to confront King David with temptation.

An idea that can shock both Christians and Jews.

A thousand times, he will get back to work.

The finished song - ultimately a series of spiritual questions chanted on a deep melody - will go around the world.

The greatest of the world song will take it over, make it their own: Jeff Buckley first in a more ambiguous version, then Celine Dion and finally the American Jake Shimabukuro, a ukulele virtuoso.

The film's release on October 19 will be preceded on October 14 by Sony Music's vinyl reissue of a

.

The opportunity to pay homage to a man who, after singing his praises to the Lord marvelously, will have found a way, his way, in Buddhism.

And maybe that's why he wrote this beautiful song in the form of a profession of faith:

Leonard Cohen sings