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Cannibal by Benjamin Viré | Release in 2010
Max, An agoraphobic golf fan, leads a secluded life in the woods. While practicing, he stumbles on the body of an unconscious young woman covered with blood. He takes her home and takes care of her. He askes her no questions. . But when she runs away in the middle of the night, he follows her and finds out that she seduces men and eats them alive while having sex with them. Bewildered and fascinated, Max will start with her a relationship mixed with fear and tenderness. Yet, he's not the only one who's interested in the young woman, though. When she's abducted and taken away from him. Max will have to face the urban violence of his gangster's past.
Nicolas Gob Nicolas learned acting in Brussels. Since then, he has been performing in feature films and TV series : Les Bleus (M6, 2007), Un Village français (France 3, 2009), Un amour à taire (France 2, 2005) a feature film in which he plays Jérémie Rénier. This film gave him his second « Meilleur Espoir Masculin » award at the Luchon International TV Film Festival (he was awarded his first one for his performance in Procès de famille by Alain Tasma in 2004). In 2008, his performance in the TV serie Sa Raison d’être is awarded the male interpretation award in Luchon. Nicolas and Benjamin Viré have known each other for years. In 2003, Benjamin offers Nicolas the first role in his short film Waterloo. They have worked together since then.
Helena Coppejans Helena was born in 1986 in Brussels. She graduated from the INSAS, a well-known Belgian school of cinema and acting. While studying, she acted in some short films but mainly performed on stage. Cannibal is her very first movie role.
Eric Godon and Jean Collard Eric Godon was born in Belgium in 1959. He played many different and rewarding roles during his career. He worked namely with the French director Claude Miller (A secret) and performed in Martin McDonagh's film In Bruges with Colin Farrel and Ralph Fiennes. Eric Godon plays the Gipsy in Cannibal.
Philippe Nahon Actor widely known, Philippe Nahon portrays Max's father in Cannibal. A true icon of French cinema, Philippe worked with the greatest directors during his 40 year career. He recently played in Irréversible (Gaspar Noé) and High Tension (Alexandre Aja).
Micky Molina Miguel “Micky” Molina is a Spanish actor born in 1963. He played in several Pedro Almodovar's films (Law of desire, Entre Tinieblas). Very popular in Spain, Micky is coming from a family made of famous singers and actors. His dad, Antonio, is a Spanish legend and his sister, Angela, played in Almodovar's Broken Embraces.
Credits | Director & Screenwriter | | Benjamin Viré | | Producer | | Eloi Gérard | | Co-producers | | Vincent Bridoux Olivier Gilson Peter Soldan Philippe Bonamie | | Original Music | | Philippe Malempré David Rinjauw R.E.D.A. Philippe Tasquin | | Cinematographer | | Raphaël Kolacz | | Film editor | | Benjamin Viré | | | | | | Nicolas Gob | | Max | | Helena Coppejans | | Bianca | | Jean Collard | | Alex | | Eric Godon | | The Gypsy | | Pierre Nisse | | Cuneyt | | Jonathan Demurger | | Jannot | | Hugues Hausman | | Max’s brother | | Anaël Snoek | | The sister-in-law | | Fatih Çam | | Fatih | | Sayat Puzan | | Sayat | Frédéric Guillaume | | Sam | | Maryline Capel | | Sandrine | | Benjamin Ramon | | Dimitri | | Mounir Tinan | | Samuel | | Nathan Germanus | | Arnaud | | Cédric Tabala | | Cristiano | | Youri Garfinkiel | | Tom | | Grégory Angioi | | Last Scene Fighter 1 | Christophe Dus | | Last Scene Fighter 2 | | Cuneyt Nerovali | | Young Turk | | Yves Derrider | | The Customer | | Paul-Emmanuel Vanhobroeck | | Gangster 1 | | Alain Preumont | | Gangster 2 | Special Guests Philippe Nahon & Micky Molina | | | | | | First Assistant Director | | Manuel Hernandez | | Cinematographer | | Raphaël Kolacz | | Camera Operator | | Benjamin Viré | | Steadicam Operator | | Tom Vantorre | | Still Photographer | | Tashi Ceulemans | | Gaffer | | Noëmie Lazaron | | Lighting Technicians | | Vincent Thiriar Raed Bah | | Costume Designer | | Sabine Zappitelli | | Make-Up Designer | | Pimprenelle Nieus | | Make-Up Artist | | Florence Jasselette | | Sound Engineer | | Nicolas Pibre | | Boom Operator | | Marion Guillemette | | Sound Assistant | | Bao-Ahn Dinh Déborah Dourneau | | Production manager | | Charlotte Capelle | | Extra Part Casting | | Mik Colignon | | Free Fight Coordinator | | Alain Preumont | | Technical Advisor | | Paul Emmanuel | | Location manager | | Maxime Rotsaert | | Crafts service | | Simon Gérard Charles-Henry Boland Amaury Moulron | | Film Editor | | Benjamin Viré | | Post-Sync | | Jules Fradet Pierre Valfrey | | Sound designer | | Philippe Malempré | | Sound mixer | | Peter Soldan | | Color correction | | Eric Parren | | | | | Filmed on location in Braine-le-Château & Brussels, Belgium
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La commune de Braine-le-Château – Gérard Lemaire & Isabelle de Dorlodot – Dominique Nettens - Jean-Luc Tassignon & son équipe - Les Rendez-vous brainois - Syndicat d’initiatives de Braine-le-Château – Monsieur Pirson - La zone de police Ouest Brabant-Wallon - Vide-O-Kay, Gaëtan Coessens - Société Monseu SPRL - La Couronne Café - Snack Tonic - Restaurant Kervansaray - Manhattan Center - Le Port de Bruxelles - Golf Plus – Luc Prosper - Soho Club – Andrei Tieleman Globe EPS - Central Cars Dealers – Christophe Béart - Nadia Benadou (ING) – Act1 - Bruxelles Exports & Christine Lenneberg - European Casting & Mik Colignon – Le F.A.T.A.L. Group - Le Magasin 4 – Olivier Goris, Eric Watté, Liesbeth Wijns & Brit Van Den Heuvel de Woestijnvis - De Facto - La Compagnie des Nouveaux Disparus - Bruxelles Tournage – Letizia Giorgi – Simon Heymans - Martin Ellis – Maxence Rousseau – Gaspard Samyn – Jean-Benoît & Bernard Capelle - Martine Doyen - Luc Janssens – Quentin Vandevyvere – Frédéric Guillaume – Gaëlle Moulart - Nicolas Monfort – Sandra Blakstad Leiterman - Michael A. Calace – Jo Muehlberger de l’EFP – Eric Fransen & le W.B.I. - Birte Van Hove - Naim Ben Tanfous Special Thanks Sam Eigen - Brian Sweet - Brandon Paine - Catherine Burniaux
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