11° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Short Film Competition 1993
BÊTE NOIRE
by Frédéric Sabouraud
A summer vacation on a island of Brittany. The main characters are a group of adolescents (two boys and two girls) and Paul, who is three years younger. Paul tries to follow the tracks of his imaginary older brother, his model, who he identifies with Jim, the leader of the gang. Hoping to be able to join his older friends, Paul betrays a childhood girlfriend, his confidant, during a party at Jim's house.
Biography
film director
Frédéric Sabouraud
Frédéric Sabouraud (Paris, 1955) won a fellowship from the Academie de France at the Villa Medici in Rome to support the writing of a draft of a screenplay for a feature film. Subsequently, he has been teaching screenwriting at ESRA (Ecole supérieure de réalization audiovisuelle) and at ESTCA (Ecole supérieure des techniques du cinema et de l'audiovisuel). As film critic, he contributes to "Cahiers du cinema" and to "Filmcritica".
FILMOGRAFIA
La Mort du boulanger (doc., 1988), Retour(s) d'alcool (doc., 1990), Bête noire (cm, 1992).
Cast
& Credits
Director of photography: Philippe Ros, François Paturel, Olivier Guillaume, Serge Bagate, Bernard Mucha.
Art director: Catherine Lucas.
Editor: Nadine Tarbouriech, MarieLaure Pessemesse.
Music: Marc Seberg.
Sound: Yves de Vathaire, Emmanuelle Sabouraud.
Cast and characters: Fabien Herfray (Paul), Marie Lelardoux (Juju), lsabelle Weingarten (la madre di Paul), Annabelle Brunel (Nathalie), Florence Le Corre (Virginie), François Larue (François), Dominique Prié (Gildas), Erwan Rioux (Erwan), David Pelourdeau (Jim).
Produzione e vendita all'estero: Frouma Films International, 14 rue de l'Atlas, 75019 Paris, France, tel. +33142392425, fax +33142395522.