EN COMPAGNIE DES CHOSES
(Being with Objects)

Written and Directed by: Eric-John Bretmel

Produced by: Les Films Sauvages / Images Plus with the participation of CNC, Procirep & Angoa/Agicoa

Genre: Fiction – Ordinary Life Chronicle
Duration: 27’
Format: Beta SP / Color / 1.77 / DTS SR
Year: 2006

Available Versions: Beta SP International version, Beta SP English subtitles, 35mm Original version

International Sales: Les Films Sauvages

TV Rights: Available

Festivals: International – 2006 – 21st International Festival of French Films of Namur (Belgium) – France – 2006 – 7th International Film Festival of Aubagne, 10th Festival of Saint-Benoît de la Réunion, 12th Festival Jean Carmet de Moulins, 5th Festival Paris Tout Court.

Cast: JULIEN BOUVARD, JEANNE HERRY, PASCALE ROBERTS, LEON BRETMEL, NICOLAS BUYSSE

Synopsis:
Everyday, Martin Papierman, a hypochondriac and still a child at twenty-five, steals a CD, a book and a DVD from the Virgin Megastore. Not more, not less, just enough to fill his room and his life. Invisible to all, except his parents, he lives like a ghost, smothered by objects. And then, one day, he crosses somebody's path, and things begin to change...

About the Director:
Eric-John Bretmel studied film and sociology. He worked in both fields, as an assistant director, cameraman and journalist. « EN COMPAGNIE DES CHOSES » (Being with Objects) is his first film. He is now working on a short film « TUTTE LE LETTERE SCRITTE MAI SPEDITE » (Written letters that were never sent).