Shikun

Israel / France / Switzerland / Brazil / United Kingdom, February 2024
FILM, Fiction, 84 min.

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directed by
Amos Gitai
Written by
Amos Gitai, Marie-José Sanselme
Status
In distribution
IMDb Link
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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.

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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

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World Sales
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Worldwide Distribution

France
Epicentre Films Distribution
Switzerland
Elefant Films Distribution

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