Chasse à l'âne
In Search Of A Donkey
Eseljagd
Switzerland, August 2011
FILM,
Fiction,
15 min.
- directed by
- Maria Nicollier
- Written by
- Maria Nicollier
- Status
- In distribution
Three Japanese are tasting donkey meat at Sakado's butcher shop. Amazed by the taste of this exotic dish, they decide to buy a donkey, Igor, in order to eat it. While they stroll along the market alleys of Komoro, decorated with tinsel, candles and other knick-knacks for the Christmas holidays, the three men are delighted with their gastronomic project. But when they see a Nativity scene in a shop window they are suddenly assailed by doubt: is the donkey alongside the baby Jesus holy as well for Christians? Slaughtering and devouring Igor turns out to be more difficult than expected.
Tre giapponesi stanno mangiando carne di asino presso il loro amico, il macellaio Sakado. Entusiasti del gusto esotico della pietanza, Takeo, Jun e Hiroshi decidono di comprare l’asino Igor e di mangiarselo. Mentre gironzano nel bel mezzo di ghirlande, candele e il resto delle decorazioni natalizie della via commerciale di Komoro, i tre uomini si compiacciono del loro progetto culinario. Improvvisamente però vedono in una vetrina un presepe e gli sorgono dei dubbi e si interrogano: l’asino accanto al pargolo Gesù per i cristiani è santo? Macellare Igor e mangiarselo diventa ora un’operazione più complicata del previsto.
credits
- World Premiere
- August 2011
- Original Version
- Japanese (french subtitles), colour, 35mm, 15 min.
- ISAN
- 0000-0002-C336-0000-T-0000-0000-0
- Production
- REC Production, RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
- Producer
- Philippe Calame, Naoura Al Azmeh, Maria Nicollier
- directed by
- Maria Nicollier
- Written by
- Maria Nicollier
- Cinematography
- Pascal Montjovent
- Editing
- Nicolas Meyer
- Sound Editing
- Jérôme Vittoz
- Re-Recording Mix
- Denis Séchaud
- Music
- Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula
- Location Sound Mix
- Jürg Lempen
- Compositing
- Nicolas Meyer
- Production Design
- Maria Nicollier
- Lighting Design
- Pascal Montjovent, Gregory Bindschedler
- Costumes
- Andréa Polier
- Casting
- Maria Nicollier, Andréa Polier
Cast
Shoichiro Akaboshi as Chasseur
Yuki Okamoto as Chasseur
Shohei Sekimoto as Chasseur
Eric Tronchet as Maître de thé
Tomoyaki Hatakeyama as Boucher
Hitoshi Naito as Fou du village
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Elypse Short Film Distribution
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
- REC Production Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
- Neuchâtel, Festival international du film à thématique religieuse, Prix Farel Format Court 2012 (Winner)
- London UK Film Festival, Best Short Film 2011 (Winner)
- Genève, Geneva International Film Festival GIFF, 2e Prix courts métrages suisses 2011 (Winner)
- Luzern, Bundesamt für Kultur, Swiss Film Award «Quartz», Best Short Film 2012 (Nomination)
Festivals
(a selection)
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Athens International Short Film Festival Psarokokalo
03.06.2013 - 09.06.2013 -
10th Festival di cortometraggi Cortisonici
19.03.2013 - 23.03.2013 -
Wiesbaden, 25. exground filmfest Wiesbaden
16.11.2012 - 25.11.2012 -
Brest, 27e Festival Européen du Film court de Brest
13.11.2012 - 18.11.2012 -
Braunschweig, Internationales Filmfest Braunschweig
06.11.2012 - 11.11.2012 -
Kiev, 42nd Kyiv International Film Festival Molodist
20.10.2012 - 28.10.2012 -
LA BOCA DEL LOBO International short film festival
17.10.2012 - 28.10.2012 -
Neuchâtel, 24e Festival international du film à thématique religieuse - Prix Farel
05.10.2012 - 07.10.2012 -
8e Festival Paris Courts Devant
04.10.2012 - 07.10.2012 -
Pamplona, Pamplona International Film Festival
01.10.2012 - 06.10.2012
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Rom, 20th Festival Internazionale di Cortometraggio
15.06.2012 - 22.06.2012 -
River Film Festival
20.05.2012 - 08.06.2012 -
Brussels, 15e Festival du court métrage de Bruxelles
27.04.2012 - 06.05.2012 -
Salerno, 17th Shadowline Salerno Film Festival
16.04.2012 - 22.04.2012 -
Cleveland, 36th Cleveland International Film Festival
22.03.2012 - 01.04.2012 -
Cambrils-Reus, 14th Festival Europeo de Cortometrajes FEC
01.03.2012 - 10.03.2012 -
22nd Cinequest San Jose Film Festival
28.02.2012 - 11.03.2012 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2012 - 26.01.2012 -
Saarbrücken, 33. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis Saarbrücken
16.01.2012 - 22.01.2012 -
Festival CourToujours
13.01.2012 - 14.01.2012 -
London UK Film Festival
12.12.2011 - 14.12.2011 -
Genève, 17e Cinéma Tous Ecrans – Festival international du cinéma et de télévision
04.11.2011 - 10.11.2011 -
28. Französische Filmtage Tübingen
02.11.2011 - 09.11.2011 -
Locarno, 64° Festival del film Locarno
03.08.2011 - 13.08.2011