by Gabriel Abrantes & Benjamin Crotty
– Democracy is just so many lies.
– Baby...
– I just don’t know if democracy is possible anymore... at least in Iraq.
Channeling the Kuchar brothers, Gabriel Abrantes and Benjamin Crotty play all the roles within a Portuguese family whose incestuous children – a son with Justin Bieber’s hair (Crotty) and an adopted Angolan daughter (Abrantes) – have joined the army and are soon to ship out for a tour of Iraq.
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty
Produced by Gabriel Abrantes
S16mm transferred to HD, 18 min.
Color / 16:9 / Stereo Sound
Language: Portuguese
2009 IndieLisboa IIFF [Portugal] – Young Talent Award
Exhibitions
2014 Gabriel Abrantes, Odd Places for Hope, ICA, London, [United Kingdom]
2013 Ghosts of Eden: The films of Gabriel Abrantes, Kunst-Werke, Berlin [Deutschland]
2012 Mostra de Filmes de Gabriel Abrantes, Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon [Portugal]
2011 Living on the Edge of a Silver Future, Galerie 5020, Salzburg [Austria]
2010 Dynasty, Palais de Tokyo/MAMVP, Paris [France]
2010 Histories of Mutual Respect, Centro Cultural Vila Flor, Guimarães [Portugal]
2009 Visionary Iraq [with Benjamin Crotty], Galeria 111, Porto [Portugal]
Collections
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas - António Cachola Collection [Portugal]
2009 Rotterdam International Film Festival [Netherlands]
2009 IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival [Portugal]
2010 Entrevues Belfort - Festival international du film [France]
2016 Friends with Benefits - Film Society of Lincoln Center [USA]
2017 7ème Lune - Festival International du Court Métrage de Rennes [France]
2017 Cinemateca Portuguesa - May [Portugal]
2017 Sicilia Queer Filmfest [Italy]
2017 BAFICI – Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independente [Argentina]
Cast
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty
Directing, Scriptwriting
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty
Directors of Photography
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty
Sound
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty
Editing
Gabriel Abrantes
Benjamin Crotty
Produced by
Gabriel Abrantes
Camera
Kodak Vision 3 S-16mm Camera Eclair ACL
Music
Ragnar Arni