by Gabriel Abrantes
– A collective of people singing is never going to forgive the millions of slaves chained in the bottom of ships.
An upstart theater director named Gabriel Abrantes attempts to stage a faithful production of Aristophanes’s e ‘Birds’ in Haiti, only for the locals to lose their patience with his rather excessive approach.
Gabriel Abrantes
Gabriel Abrantes
based on the play 'Birds' by Aristophanes
Gabriel Abrantes
Natxo Checa
Gabriel Abrantes
Gabriel Abrantes
Junior Casséus
Tilmé Stéphanie
Katia Lucianne Picard
Anise Dieudanné
Antoine Beaunéfils
Nicolas Charment
Produced by A Mutual Respect Productions
With the support of Guimarães Capital da Cultura
S16mm transferred to HD, 18 min.
Color / 16:9 / Stereo Sound
Language: Haitian Creole, Attic Greek
Exhibitions
2018 Monográfico Gabriel Abrantes, La Casa Encendida, Madrid [Spain]
2014 Gabriel Abrantes, Centre D’Art Contemporain, Geneva [Switzerland]
2013 Gabriel Abrantes, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Boston [USA]
2013 Ghosts of Eden: The films of Gabriel Abrantes, Kunst-Werke, Berlin [Deutschland]
2012 Locarno International Film Festival – Pardi di Domani Competition [Swizerland]
2012 Toronto International Film Festival [Canada]
2012 BFI London Film Festival [United Kingdom]
2012 Rome International Film Festival [Italy]
2012 Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival [Portugal]
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]
Cast
Junior Casséus
Tilmé Stéphanie
Anise Dieudanné
Katia Lucianne Picard
Antoine Beaunéfils
Nicolas Charment
Extras
Henry Margaron
Guiseline Lafalaise
Théodor Sitoine
Olivier Johnny
Lesly Lapierre
Civil Jocelyn
Richard Lony
Sanon Remy
Felime Frantzson
Antoine Fabienne
Jean Mary Notira
André Casséus
Colin Wikendel
Directing, Scriptwriting
Gabriel Abrantes
Directors of Photography
Natxo Checa
Gabriel Abrantes
Sound Recordist
Macdala Prévot
Face masks of the Birds
François Junior
Grupe Masqué Maquiavel
Body masks of the Birds
Middy Fritzner
Greek chorus Dubbing
Gabriel Abrantes
Marta Furtado
Sérgio Hydalgo
Joana Botelho
Natxo Checa
Daniela Ribeiro
Filipe Felizardo
Alexandre Rendeiro
Editing
Gabriel Abrantes
Sound Editing and Mix
Gabriel Abrantes
Greek text
The Birds by Aristophanes
Phonetic record of the greek text
Catherine Marinou-Blanco
Phonetic Recordist
Hugo Leitão
Colorist
Paulo Inês
Produced by
A Mutual Respect Productions
Producers
Zé dos Bois
Marta Furtado
Natxo Checa
Gabriel Abrantes
Production Design
Natxo Checa
Gabriel Abrantes
Executive Production
Joana Botelho
Marta Furtado
Production Assistants
Junior Casséus
Middy Fritzner
Luckner Casséus
Catering
Kathia’s One Love
Driver
Dol Jean Marcel
Lab
Deluxe Madrid
Telecine
LightFilm / Estúdios Nova Imagem, Lisbon
filmed in Kodak Vision III S16mm