FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
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{{Infobox film
| name=FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions
| image=Picfaq101.jpg
| caption=FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions movie poster
| director=Carlos Atanes
| writer=Carlos Atanes
| starring=Xavier Tort
Anne-Céline Auché
Manuel Solàs
Raúl Mena
Marta Timón
Antonio Vladimir
Neus Bernaus
Anna Diogène
| producer=Marta Timón
| distributor=FortKnox Audiovisual
| released={{Film date|2004|10|12}}
| runtime=82 min.
| language=French
Spanish
English
}}
FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions is a feature-length dystopian movie, written and directed by Carlos Atanes and released in 2004.
Plot
The film takes place in a vaguely futuristic dystopian milieu of France where the oppressors are an all female group called the Sisterhood of Metacontrol. They bombard Paris with a steady stream of megaphoned announcements advocating a strict separation of the sexes. Men and women can, and do, live together, but touching is strictly forbidden. Both sexes are encouraged to not let the opposite sex influence their lives. Angeline, an exemplary and irreproachable citizen has just joined the Order but her relationship with a special man, Nono, makes her question profoundly the principles of the Doctrine.[https://www.undergroundfilmjournal.com/movie-review-faq-frequently-asked-questions/ Movie Review: FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)]. undergroundfilmjournal.com (April 8, 2008). Retrieved on August 28, 2020.
Notes
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FAQ is a rarity in Spanish cinematography, as it is an independent film made in a country that produces almost no science-fiction.{{citation needed|date=April 2013}} FAQ portrays a future world ruled by a totalitarian government, following in the footsteps of other famous dystopias such as Nineteen Eighty-Four and THX 1138. In FAQ, the totalitarian government is a matriarchy.
Carlos Atanes filmed FAQ in one year, with three years of post-production. It was released in 2004 at the Girona International Film Festival, the Buenos Aires Rojo Sangre Fantasy Film Festival, Tel Aviv ICon festival and the Spanish Science Fiction Convention.
After good reviews from fantasy and indie film websites, and acknowledgment from the Athens and Fantasporto film festivals, an enterprise from New York (S.R.S. Cinema, L.L.C.) assumed distribution of the film for five years. FAQ was released on DVD in August 2007 for a worldwide audience. In December 2010, FortKnox Audiovisual released a Special Collector's Edition DVD, which includes some extras and the short documentary About FAQ.[http://www.pulpmovies.com/2010/12/faq-the-dystopian-cult-movie-now-released-as-a-special-collectors-edition-dvd/ FAQ – the dystopian cult movie – now released as a special collector’s edition DVD]
Cast and roles include
- Xavier Tort - Nono
- Anne-Céline Auche - Angeline
- Manuel Solàs - Head Insurgent
- Raúl Mena - Apprentice Insurgent
- Marta Timón - Metacontrol Inspector
- Antonio Vladimir - Method actor
- Neus Bernaus - Adviser to Number 3
- Anna Diogène - Number 3
- Neus Suñé - The surgeon
- Xavier Tor Sanz - The butler
- Christian Stamm - The voice
Awards
Notes
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0449590}}
- {{official website|http://www.carlosatanes.com/#!faq/cq20|FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions - Official website}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090927100201/http://blip.tv/file/2471857 "FAQ" trailer]
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Category:Films directed by Carlos Atanes
Category:2004 science fiction films
Category:2000s dystopian films
Category:Spanish science fiction films
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