Gabriel Abrantes

Ennui Ennui

2013

by Gabriel Abrantes

– I hate my dad.... [Sobs] so much. He’s so mean to me.

– It’s OK. What’s your name?

– [Sobs] Hellfire Drone n. 503027.

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This delirious espionage farce (whose cast includes Edith Scob and Esther Garrel) resembles what might have happened if ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ had been written by Georges Bataille.

directing

Aël Dallier Vega

scriptwriting

Gabriel Abrantes

cinematography

Simon Roca

sound

Philippe Deschamps
Olivier Dô Hùu

editing

Philippe Deschamps
Olivier Dô Hùu

with

Edith Scob
Laetitia Dosch
Omid Rawendah
Breshna Bahar
Esther Garrel
Aref Banuhar
Asif Mawdoodi
Stephan Rizon

awards →

exhibitions →

screenings →

full cast and crew →

Produced by Les Films du Bélier
Funded by France Télévisions and CNC/Aide au Programme et Aide à la musique
With the support of Région Limousin and Procirep/Angora

HD, 34 min.
Language: French, Farsi, English

awards

2014 Festival du Cinéma de Brive [France] – Grand Prix France
2014 Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival [France] – Special Jury Mention

exhibitions & collections

Exhibitions
2014 Gabriel Abrantes, Odd Places for Hope, ICA, London, [United Kingdom]

screenings

2013 Rome International Film Festival [Italy]
2014 Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival [France]
2014 Melbourne International Film Festival [Australia]
2014 Festival du Nouveau Cinéma - Montréal [Canada]
2014 Festival du Cinéma de Brive [France]
2014 IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival [Portugal]
2014 Brussels Short Film Festival [Belgium]
2014 Le Jour Le Plus Court [Belgium]
2014 Festival Côté court de Pantin [France]
2014 Lutin du court-métrage [France]
2014 La Cabina - Festival Internacional de Mediometrajes de Valencia [Spain]
2014 FilmCaravan - Festival Internazionale Itinerante del Cortometraggio [Italy]
2014 Vilnius International Film Festival [Lithuania]
2014 Festival du cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue [Canada]
2014 Un festival c’est trop court de Nice [France]
2014 Festival Images en Région de Vendôme [France]
2015 Córtex - Sintra Short Film Festival [Portugal]
2015 Chicago Underground Film Festival [USA]
2015 Les Nuits Méditerranéennes de Haute-Corse [France]
2016 Friends with Benefits - Film Society of Lincoln Center [USA]
2017 Sicilia Queer Filmfest [Italy]
2017 BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente [Argentina]

full cast and crew

Cast
Edith Scob
Laetitia Dosch
Omid Rawendah
Breshna Bahar
Esther Garrel
Aref Banuhar
Asif Mawdoodi
Stephan Rizon

Obama's voice
Benjamin Crotty

Animals
Gaston
Sultan
Kassian

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Directing, Scriptwriting
Gabriel Abrantes

1st Assistant Director
Ilan Cohen

2nd Assistant Director
Alistair Artault

Director of Photography
Simon Roca

1st Assistant Camera
Prune Saunier-Dardant

2nd Assistant Camera
Sophie Quaglino

Key Grip
Thibaut Cloarec

Sound Director
Philippe Deschamps

Sound Assistant
Olivier Pelletier

Casting Director
Isabelle Ungaro

Production Supervisor
Sebastien de Fonseca

Production Manager
Aurelien Deseez

Production Trainees
Anne-Sophie Bailly
Segolene Van Elslande

Head Decorators
Jean-Charles Duboc
Anne Delepoulle

Decorators
Hugues Marit
Serge Leduc
Jericho

Wardrobe
Cecile Guiot Carrot

Make-up
Agnieszka Szumacher

General Manager
Pierre Rigaudy

Assistant Manager
Alexia Cipriani

Managers
Emilien Rochais
Julie Dournel
Adrien Dournel

Produced by
Les Films du Bélier

Producer
Justin Taurand

Editing
Aël Dallier Vega

Assistant Editor
Marine Pere

Sound Editing
Alexandre Hecker

Dub Editing
Philippe Deschamps

Foley Artist
Romain Anklewicz

Foley Recordist
Alexis Leverve

Sound Mix
Olivier Dô Hùu

Original Music
Ulysse Klotz [Aamourocean]

Music
Namn
Ulysse Klotz [Aamourocean] / Merely
played by Merely
Obama's song
Stephan Rizon

Lab
Arane-Gullvier

Sales Manager
Valerie Lacoste

Digital CTO
Farid Radi

Color Grading
Mickael Commereuc

Special Effects
Compagnie Generale des Effets Visuels

Special Effects Director
Alain Carsoux

Production Director
Severine de Wever

Chief Production
Bertrand de Saint Seine
Natalene Darfeuille

2D Supervisor
Guillaume Legouez

2D Graphic Artists
Etienne Allard
Emmanuel Carriere
Julien Giami
Louise Leclercq
Julien Martins
Emilia Napame
Joel Pinto
Christian Simon
Christian Tomikowski

3D Supervisor
Chervin Shafaghi

3D Graphic Artists
Emilien Breuillier
Stephane Dufournier
Abdou Karimi
Bruno le Provost
Olivier Lourry
Aurore Rousset

VFX Editing
Kevin Pacini
Pierre Procoudine-Gorsky

Network Administrator
Pierre Billet

Administration
Sylvie Carsoux

Stock Images
Fremepool

Camera
Neoncam
PhotoCineRent

Lighting
Papaye

Vehicles
Papaye

Sound
DC Audiovisuel

Lab
Arane-Gulliver

Mixing Studios
Digimage
Red Mountaine

Foley Studios
Eclair Group

Subtitles
Titra Film

Telephony
ABK6

Regie
Flam and Co
Cineboutique
Regifilm

Weaponry
Cauvy

Costumes
Tribal Muse Zarinas
Magicost

Sound Editing Studios
Oz Creations

Insurance
Gras Savoye (Courtier)
Vander Haeghen & Co SA

Bank
Martin Maurel