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The End (artificial fragments of humankind)

The End (fragments artificiels de l’espèce humaine)

Aurélien Héraud, Olivier Héraud
2023 - France - 1h44

Screenings : monday 22 - 11:00 am - 400 Coups - 5 - presented and followed by a debate with the film directors tuesday 23 - 6:00 pm - 400 Coups - 6

Is this the story of an Artificial Intelligence capable of writing a screenplay by itself ? Is this the story of Esther, whose life seems centered on the pleasure of a sadistic rabbit ? Or is it Corine's story, harassed by her lecherous boss? Or that of the young Lazaridis, who dreams every night of strangling a woman ? And what if they were all consciously linked ?

Aurélien Héraud and Olivier Héraud, known as the Héraud Brothers, are a French duo of screenwriters, film directors and producers. They Live in Paris. After graduating in fine arts, cinema studies, and performing arts, they began writing short films together in 2010. Aurélien directed Siamrosed and Under the snow. Olivier directed Who's Sean? and While you were slicing ham. Together, they have developed projects including the series Groundown and the feature Murkö. In 2022, they created BANANA PRODUCTIONS in collaboration with Olivier Heitz and Nicolas Legros. The End, Artificials fragments of humankind is their first feature film.

CAST AND CREW

Cast : Nicolas Girard-Michelotti, Adeline Chagneau, Jérome Cusin, Clara Noël, Jan Brian, Charlotte Érika, Louis Castel, Dominique Fontaine, Françoise Rey
Screenplay : GPTFORALL, Aurélien Héraud, Olivier Héraud
Cinematography : Aurélien Héraud, Olivier Héraud
Sound : Sébastien Linsolas
Editing : Aurélien Héraud, Olivier Héraud
Music : Mathieu Goudot

Production : Banana Productions