La Bête dans la Jungle
The Beast in the Jungle
Patric Chiha
Freely adapted from the novella by Henry James, The Beast in the Jungle tells the vertiginous story of a man and woman who, for twenty-five years, frequent a huge nightclub in anticipation of a mysterious event. From 1979 to 2004, from disco to techno, it is a love story and the tale of an obsession. When “it” finally comes to pass, it takes on a more tragic form than ever expected.
★ The screening will be followed by a discussion with director Patric Chiha, actresses Anaïs Demoustier and Mara Taquin, and actor Tom Mercier.
🌿 Berlin Film Festival 2023, Panorama
STARRING
Anaïs Demoustier
Tom Mercier
Béatrice Dalle
Martin Vischer
Sophie Demeyer
Pedro Cabanas
Mara Taquin
Bachir Tilli
Maximilien Delmelle
Harpo Guit
Melrose Landa-Nzinga
Joël Bunganga
Madelief Graux
Nel Rivart
WRITER
Patric Chiha
Axelle Ropert
Jihane Chouaib
DIRECTOR
Patric Chiha
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Céline Bozon
SOUND
Atanas Tcholakov
FILM EDITING
Karina Ressler AEA
Julien Lacheray
MUSIC
Yelli Yelli & Florent Charissoux
Dino Spillutini
DISTRIBUTION
O’Brother Distribution
SALES
Les Films du Losange
PRODUCTION
Frakas Productions
Patric Chiha
Patric Chiha is an Austrian filmmaker of Hungarian and Lebanese origin, born in Vienna (Austria) in 1975. He moved to Paris at the age of 18 to study fashion design. He then studied film editing at INSAS Film School in Brussels. His short films and documentaries (Home and Les Messieurs) have
been selected in a variety of film festivals. In 2009 he directed his first feature film, Domaine, starring Béatrice Dalle, which premiered at the Mostra di Venezia. Followed by Boys like us (2014), and the documentaries Brothers of the night (2016) and If it were love (2019), which both premiered at the Berlinale. The Beast in the jungle (2023) is his fifth feature film.
FILMOGRAPHY
2004: Casa Ugalde (short)
2005: Les Messieurs (short documentary)
2006: Home (short)
2007: Où se trouve le chef de la prison ? (short)
2009: Domaine (feature)
2014: Boys Like Us (feature)
2016: Brothers of the Night (documentary)
2020: Si c’était de l’amour (documentary)