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Fratelli
2012

by Gabriel Abrantes & Alexandre Melo

– How is it possible that such a noble man is possessed by such a filthy spirit? Maybe art can revive your noble soul.

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Gabriel Abrantes and Alexander Melo deconstruct the 1st section of Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’ as a playful, vibrant ode to bacchanalia, classicism, and homoeroticism.

directing

Tiago Matos

scriptwriting

Gabriel Abrantes
Alexandre Melo
based on the 'Prologue to the Taming of the Shrew' by William Shakespeare

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cinematography

Gabriel Abrantes

sound

Gabriel Abrantes

editing

Gabriel Abrantes

with

Filipe Vargas
Carloto Cotta
Alexander David
Claudio Filippo
Anas Chouhaibi

awards →
exhibitions →
screenings →
full cast and crew →

Produced by A Mutual Respect Productions
Co-produced by A Vida Artística
Comissioned by Paulo Cunha e Silva
With the financial support of Fondazione Volume! (IT), Portuguese Embassy in Rome, Instituto Camões (PT), Kodak

S16mm transferred to HD, 19 min.
Color / 16:9 / Stereo Sound
Language: Portuguese

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awards

2011 Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival [Portugal] – Honorable Mention

exhibitions & collections

Exhibitions
2013 Gabriel Abrantes, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston [USA]
2012 Mostra de Filmes de Gabriel Abrantes, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon [Portugal]

screenings

2017 BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente [Argentina]
2017 Sicilia Queer Filmfest [Italy]
2016 Friends with Benefits - Film Society of Lincoln Center [USA]
2012 Hors-Pistes, Film Festival, Centre Pompidou [France]
2011 Villa Medicis, Focus Su Gabriel Abrantes [Italy]
2011 Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival [Portugal]

full cast and crew

Cast
Filipe Vargas
Carloto Cotta
Alexander David
Anas Chouhaibi
Claudio Filippo
Miguel Sequeira
Francesca Merrino
Romano Vitali
Gabriel Abrantes
Alexandre Melo

And the voices of
Filipe Vargas
Carloto Cotta
Alexander David
João Vieira Torres
Joana Nascimento
Gabriel Abrantes
Alexandre Melo

Directing, Scriptwriting
Gabriel Abrantes
Alexandre Melo

Director of Photography
Gabriel Abrantes

Wardrobe Director
Olga Michalowska

Wardrobe
Farani Sartoria Teatrale

Editor
Gabriel Abrantes

Sound Editor
Gabriel Abrantes

Adapted from the prologue of
Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare

Image Post-Production
LightFilm / Nova Imagem

Colorists
Paulo Inês
Pedro Vilela

Sound Post-Production
Óbviosom

Voice Recording
Zé dos Bois

Foley Artist
Daniel Gries

Mix
Tiago Matos

Produced by
A Mutual Respect Productions
A Vida Artística

Producers
Gabriel Abrantes
Alexandre Melo

Production Supervisor
Miguel Sequeira

Production Assistant
Edoardo Pasolini Dall’onda

Music
Sinfonia N. 8 – Chorus Mysticus: ‘Alles Vergangliche’
  Gustava Mahler
Es Muss Sein!, Woo 196
  Ludwig Van Beethoven
Sonata for Piano, 4 Hands in B Flat Major, K. 358
  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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