L'Ennui
Synopsis
Martin is a restless philosophy teacher. He's tired of teaching and can't get to work on the book he's hoping to write. He's also disturbed by the happiness of his ex-wife. Martin's crisis takes a turn when he meets Cecilia, a young woman suspected of driving an artist to his death. To his surprise, Martin develops a sexual rapport with the far-from-intellectual Cecilia. He claims he's bored, yet continues to see her. He is irritated but fascinated by Cecilia's uncomplicated attitudes toward love, life and sex. His ex-wife becomes a reluctant confidant and privileged spectator of the passion which slowly undermines Martin's certainties.
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Director (1)
Actors (16)
Production and distribution (5)
- Executive Producer : Gemini Films
- Co-production : IMA Productions
- Foreign production company : Madragoa Filmes
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gemini Films
- French distribution : Gemini Films
Full credits (22)
- Executive Producer : Paulo Branco
- Screenwriters : Cédric Kahn, Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
- Director of Photography : Pascal Marti
- Assistant directors : Thomas Alfandari, Valérie Megard
- Editor : Yann Dedet
- Sound recordists : Jean-Paul Mugel, Dominique Hennequin, Fabien Adelin
- Costume designer : Françoise Clavel
- Author of original work : Alberto Moravia
- Co-producer : Georges Benayoun
- Sound assistant : Sophie Laloy
- Assistant Operator : Julien Bureau
- Production managers : Philippe Saal, Antoine Beau
- Press Attaché (film) : Agnès Chabot
- Sound Editor : Pascal Villard
- Assistant editors : Marie Da Costa, Julie Pelat, Juliette Urbain
- Continuity supervisor : Camille Brottes
- Production Designer : François Abelanet
- Stunt performer : Daniel Vérité
- Casting : Antoinette Boulat, Antoine Carrard, Sarah Teper
- Sound Mixer : Dominique Hennequin
- Still Photographer : Jean-Claude Lother
- Location Manager : Jean-Dominique Chouchan
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : Portugal, France
- Original French-language productions : Yes
- Nationality : Majority French (Portugal, France)
- Production year : 1998
- French release : 16/12/1998
- Runtime : 2 h 2 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 94.132
- Visa issue date : 24/11/1998
- Approval : Yes
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Dolby SR
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Selections (10)
Melbourne French Film Festival
Australia, 2000
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About
Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, who worked on the casting of “Le Bar des rails”, advised me to read “La Noia” by Alberto Moravia. She thought the novel had elements in common with my film, about a mute youngster and a grownup. I was hooked from page one and I couldn’t put it down. I devoured it like a thriller. I had no intention of making a film version but the book wouldn’t let me go. Every time I started to write a story, I realized it always came back to a female character who makes a man crazy with dependence on her. I ended up believing that this was the story I wanted to tell. But the real, deep reasons are still unclear. I’m like Martin, the main character, with Cecilia. I made the film to find out why I had to do it. (Cédric Kahn in “Positif” magazine, December )
