Abnegation

Switzerland, November 2008
FILM, Fiction, 18 min.

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directed by
Elias Amari
Written by
Elias Amari
Status
In distribution
Website
www.abnegationlefilm.blogspot.com

The story of a man who, one day, decides to stop. Without hate, without rebellion, without warning, he just turns off his inner light and disappears into himself. And like a strange illness, this refusal to “be in the world”, deeper than the will to die, is going to spread contagiously.

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World Premiere
November 2008
Original Version
Without dialogue,  colour, Digi Beta, 18 min.
Production
Le Studio Production, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Producer
Nicolas Zen-Ruffinen, Thierry Bourdeille
directed by
Elias Amari
Written by
Elias Amari
Cinemato­graphy
Elias Amari, Marie-Noële Guex
Editing
Elias Amari
Sound Editing
Romain Kronenberg
Sound Design
Romain Kronenberg
Re-Recording Mix
Romain Kronenberg
Music
Romain Kronenberg
Location Sound Mix
David Lipka
Compositing
Alexandre Favre

Cast

Matthias Urban
Jean-Jacques Chep
Erik Desfosses
Mercédès Brawand
Sara Amari
Emile Praplan

World Sales / World Rights

World Rights
Le Studio Production

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Le Studio Production Distribution
Release date: tba

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