''L'Ennui'' ( en, Boredom, italic=yes) is a 1998

erotic Eroticism () is a quality that causes sexual feelings, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality, and romantic love. That quality may be found in any form of artwork, including painting, ...

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

film directed by

Cédric Kahn Cédric Kahn (; born 17 June 1966) is a French screenwriter, film director and actor. His films include ''L'Ennui'' (1998), based on the Alberto Moravia novel ''Boredom'', and ''Red Lights (2004 film), Red Lights'' (2004), based on the Georges Sime ...

from a screenplay he co-wrote with

Laurence Ferreira Barbosa Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (born 1958) is a French film director and screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays ...

, based on the 1960 novel ''La noia'' by

Alberto Moravia Alberto Moravia ( , ; born Alberto Pincherle ; 28 November 1907 – 26 September 1990) was an Italian novelist and journalist. His novels explored matters of modern sexuality, social alienation and existentialism. Moravia is best known for his ...

. The film stars

Charles Berling Charles Berling (born 30 April 1958) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Life and career Charles Berling, son of a navy doctor, is also the nephew of the literary critic Raymond Picard. His mother, Nadia, "only daughter of (French) s ...

Sophie Guillemin Sophie Guillemin (born 1 December 1977) is a French actress. She has appeared in such films as '' L'Ennui'', '' Harry, He's Here to Help'', ''Un chat un chat'', and ''A la folie, pas du tout''. In 2017, whilst on the set of the TV movie ''Rem ...

and

Arielle Dombasle Arielle Dombasle (born April 27, 1953)Dombasle's year of birth has been a subject of much debate, and various sources have given dates ranging from 1953 to 1958. is an American-born French singer, actress, director and model. Her breakthrough ro ...

, with

Robert Kramer Robert Kramer (June 22, 1939 – November 10, 1999), born in New York and educated at Swarthmore College and Stanford University, was an American film director, screenwriter and actor who directed 19 films between 1965 and 1999, most of them ...

, Alice Grey and Maurice Antoni. It follows the life of a bored philosopher as he becomes jealously obsessed with the much younger lover of a dead painter.

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as Martin *

as Cécilia *

as Sophie *

as Meyers * Alice Grey as Cécilia's mother * Maurice Antoni as Cécilia's father * Philippe Rebbot as waiter at Momo's cafe

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* * 1998 films 1998 drama films 1990s erotic drama films 1990s French-language films Films based on Italian novels Films based on works by Alberto Moravia Films directed by Cédric Kahn Films produced by Paulo Branco Films set in Paris Films shot in Paris French erotic drama films Juvenile sexuality in films Louis Delluc Prize winners Portuguese drama films 1990s French films {{1990s-drama-film-stub

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