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Olympia I & II
2006

by Gabriel Abrantes & Katie Widloski

– Olympia, men want to taste the exotic: guava, or mango, or boysenberries and cream. (Olympia I)

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This radical diptych recasts Manet’s canonical painting as a scandalous psychodrama: in the first part, a prostitute (Katie Widloski) and her brother (Gabriel Abrantes) struggle with their incestuous urges; in the second, a prostitute (Abrantes) copes with her loneliness on a slow night for business.

directing

Gabriel Abrantes

scriptwriting

Gabriel Abrantes
Katie Widloski

cinematography

Gabriel Abrantes
Katie Widloski

sound

Gabriel Abrantes

editing

Gabriel Abrantes

with

Gabriel Abrantes
Katie Widloski

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Produced by Gabriel Abrantes
With the support of Obviosom and
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

S16mm transferred to HD, 9 min.
Color / 1.37:1 / Stereo Sound
Language: English

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awards

2010 BIEFF [Romania] – KODAK Cinelabs Prize

exhibitions & collections

Exhibitions
2018 Monográfico Gabriel Abrantes, La Casa Encendida, Madrid [Spain]
2015 Early Films, Laboratório de Curadoria, Coimbra [Portugal]
2014 Gabriel Abrantes, Centre D’Art Contemporain, Geneva [Switzerland]
2013 Super-8, MAM, Rio de Janeiro [Brazil]
2012 Super-8, Künstlerhaus, Berlin, [Deutschland]
2012 Mostra de Filmes de Gabriel Abrantes, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon [Portugal]
2011 K-Acker, Triangle France, Marseille [France]
2010 Histories of Mutual Respect, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães [Portugal]

Collections
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas - António Cachola Collection [Portugal]

screenings

2017 BAFICI - Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente [Argentina]
2017 Sicilia Queer Filmfest [Italy]
2017 Cinemateca Portuguesa - May [Portugal]
2016 Friends with Benefits - Film Society of Lincoln Center [USA]
2010 Entrevues Belfort - Festival international du film [France]
2010 BIEFF - Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival [Romania]

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full cast and crew

Cast
Gabriel Abrantes
Katie Widloski

Directing, Scriptwriting
Gabriel Abrantes
Katie Widloski

Directors of Photography
Gabriel Abrantes
Katie Widloski

Sound
Gabriel Abrantes

Editing
Gabriel Abrantes

Produced by
Gabriel Abrantes

Music (Olympia I)
Ragnar Arni

Music (Olympia II)
Gabriel Abrantes
Katie Widloski

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