Capitaine Achab

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Capitaine Achab
Directed by Philippe Ramos
Screenplay byPhilippe Ramos
Produced byMichel Klein
Jérôme Larcher
StarringFrédéric Bonpart
CinematographyLaurent Desmet
Edited bySophie Deseuzes
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
Running time
22 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$331.000 [1]

Capitaine Achab (in English, Captain Ahab) is a 2004 French short film directed by Philippe Ramos. It is an interpretation of Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick . The film follows a young Achab and the events that inspire his eventual journey to the sea. The film was presented at the Cannes Film Festival and Pantin in 2004. [2]

Contents

In 2007 a full-length (100 min.) version was released.

Cast

Short version

Long version

Awards

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References

  1. "Capitaine Achab". www.boxofficemojo.com.
  2. Captain Ahab (Capitaine Achab) , retrieved 2018-02-27