Shikun
Israel / France / Switzerland / Brazil / United Kingdom, February 2024
FILM,
Fiction,
84 min.
- directed by
- Amos Gitai
- Written by
- Amos Gitai, Marie-José Sanselme
- Status
- In distribution
- IMDb Link
- imdb.com
Inspired by Eugene Ionesco’s play, the film tells us the story of the emergence of intolerance and totalitarian thinking through a series of day-to-day episodes taking place in one single space, in Israel, the shikun building. This hybrid group is composed of people of different origins and languages. Some of them will transform into rhinos, but others will resist. An ironic metaphor of life in our contemporary societies.
credits
- World Premiere
- February 2024
- Original Version
- Arabic, Yiddish, Hebrew (french/english subtitles), colour, DCP, 84 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0007-0598-0000-A-0000-0000-7
- Production
- Agav Films, GAD Fiction, Ventre Studio, Recorded Picture Company, Elefant Films, CDP Productions, Freestudios SA
- Producer
- Amos Gitai, Jeremy Thomas, João Queiroz Filho, Laurent Truchot, Alexandre Iordachescu, Catherine Dussart
- directed by
- Amos Gitai
- Written by
- Amos Gitai, Marie-José Sanselme
- Cinematography
- Eric Gautier
- Editing
- Yuval Orr
- Sound Editing
- Stéphane Thiébaut
- Sound Design
- Ronen Nagel
- Music
- Alexey Kochetkov
Cast
Irène Jacob
Bahira Ablassi
Hana Laszlo
Pini Mittelman
Sara Gitai
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Visit Films
Worldwide Distribution
- France
-
Epicentre Films
Distribution
Release date: tba - Switzerland
-
Elefant Films
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
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Berlin, 74. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
15.02.2024 - 25.02.2024