Sheitan (2006)

Director:

Kim Chapiron

Writers:

Christian Chapiron
Kim Chapiron

Release Date:

1 February 2006 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Christmas Eve...

Plot:

'Sheitan' tells the story of a group of youngsters who exit a disco late one night and accidentally run into a shepherd who has prepared himself for a night of Satanic worship.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Club | Disco | Fight | Female Nudity

Cast

Vincent Cassel	...	Joseph / Joseph's Wife
Olivier Barthelemy	...	Bart
Roxane Mesquida	...	Eve
Nico Le Phat Tan	...	Thaï (as Nicolas Le Phat Tan)
Leïla Bekhti	...	Yasmine
Ladj Ly	...	Ladj
Julie-Marie Parmentier	...	Jeanne
Gérald Thomassin	...	Maurice
Quentin Lasbazeilles	...	Gilou
Guillaume Bacquet	...	Bébert
Alexandre Borrel	...	Jérôme
Georgette Crochon	...	Marie
François Levantal	...	Le pompiste / Le chirurgien
Monica Bellucci	...	La belle vampiresse
Oxmo Puccino	...	Client boîte
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mouloud Achour	...	Le DJ du Stixx Club
Mokobé	...	Le videur
Tarubi	...	Moustene
Romain Gavras	...	Brancardier (uncredited)

Directed by
Kim Chapiron

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christian Chapiron
Kim Chapiron

Produced by
Vincent Cassel	....	producer
Kim Chapiron	....	producer
Éric Névé	....	producer

Original Music by
Nguyen Lê

Cinematography by
Alex Lamarque

Film Editing by
Benjamin Weill

Casting by
Gigi Akoka

Production Design by
Marie-Hélène Sulmoni

Set Decoration by
Thierry Lautout

Makeup Department
Alexis Kinebanyan	....	special makeup effects artist
Benoît Lestang	....	special makeup effects artist
Frédérique Ney	....	key makeup artist
Cécile Pellerin	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Sylvie Balland	....	production manager
Christina Crassaris	....	post-production supervisor
Sébastien Didelot	....	assistant unit manager
Christophe Fustini	....	assistant unit manager
David Moreillon	....	trainee unit manager
Bruno Morin	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Diane	....	first assistant director
Anne Legal	....	trainee assistant director
Mohamed Elarche	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Bernard Bridon	....	property master
Britta Demasse	....	set dresser
Nadine Hibon	....	second assistant art director
Kathy Lebrun	....	prop designer
Christian Vallat	....	first assistant art director
Olivier Colat-Parros	....	taxidermist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Marco Casanova	....	sound editor
Jérôme Gonthier	....	sound editor
François-Joseph Hors	....	sound re-recording mixer
François Lepeuple	....	foley artist
Fred Mays	....	post-synchronization
Johann Nallet	....	sound recordist
Jean-Alexandre Villemer	....	sound recordist
Ken Yasumoto	....	sound mixer
Ken Yasumoto	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Sebastien Gombeaud-Saintonge	....	Flame artist: Mac Guff Ligne, Paris
Marion Roger	....	senior digital compositor

Stunts
Frédéric Alhinho	....	stunts
Stéphane Boulay	....	stunt driver
Laurent Chasseuil	....	stunt driver
Bernard Chevreul	....	stunt rigger
Jean-Jacques Desplanque	....	stunts
Oumar Diaoure	....	stunts
Alain Figlarz	....	stunt coordinator
Jean-Benoit Guillon	....	stunt driver
Cyril Lagarde	....	stunt driver
Laurent Mulot	....	stunt driver
Stéphane Orsolani	....	stunts
Yoni Roch	....	stunts
Ludo Silemetzoglou	....	stunts
Daniel Vérité	....	stunt rigger
Julien Vérité	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-Christophe Allain	....	second assistant camera
Fabrice Bismuth	....	assistant camera
Pierre-Louis de Stefano	....	grip
Emile Henny	....	video assistant
Patrick Rebatel	....	gaffer
Patrick Renault	....	electrician
Martial Schmeltz	....	first assistant camera
Laurent Tangy	....	focus puller
Laurent Usse	....	key grip

Casting Department
Hervé Jakubowicz	....	casting assistant
Marc Robert	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Élodie Ichter	....	digital intermediate editor
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director
Clement Zveguintzoff	....	digital conformation

Other crew
Christian Chapiron	....	technical consultant (as Kiki Picasso)
Donatienne de Goros	....	script supervisor
François Ferracci	....	opening titles
Romeo Julien	....	avid conformation
Jan Kounen	....	technical consultant

Thanks
Bryan Norton	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• 120 Films (co-production)
• La Chauve Souris (co-production)
• StudioCanal (co-production)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Wild Bunch (in association with)
• Région Ile-de-France (participation)

Distributors

• Tartan Video USA (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Cinema Mondo (2006) (Finland) (theatrical) (festivals)
• Frenetic Films (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Gelvars (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Mars Distribution (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Accent Film Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Barbar Film (2006) (Turkey) (all media)
• Film1 (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Gateno Films (2006) (Peru) (all media)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2007) (Thailand) (all media)
• KinoVista (2009) (Algeria) (TV)
• KinoVista (2009) (Morocco) (TV)
• KinoVista (2009) (Tunisia) (TV)
• Millennium Storm (2007) (Italy) (DVD) (TV)
• Palisades Tartan (2006) (USA) (all media)
• Pan Vision Oy (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• SubTV (2007) (Finland) (TV)

Also Known As:

"Satan" - International (English title) (literal title), UK (DVD title)

Runtime:

France:94 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | France:-16 | Australia:R (2006) | Australia:R | Finland:K-15 (self applied) (TV rating) (2007) | Finland:K-18 (self applied) (DVD rating) (2007) | UK:18 | Italy:VM18 | New Zealand:R18 | USA:Not Rated

Company:

120 Films

Don't forgive them, Lord, for they know what they do...

This movie is definitely not for intended for the average blank horror movie lover.

Usually, these kind of movies are described as "a roller-coaster ! :D", or "one hell of a ride :D". These doesn't apply for this movie. Sheitan is literally a ride to hell.

An unease setting in straight from the start, for no apparent reason, persistent, building one touch at a time, served by nervous and sometimes inventive editing effects, unashamedly using everything that would serve anyone a good old cup of gut-wrenching sickness to get that uneasiness going to build towards an truly unsettling ending that reminds the viewer of the best classics of the genre, served by the unusual ease of the first time actors, the strongly convincing performance of Vincent Cassel and the reliance on actors, story, moods and editing rather than gore, guts and special effect shots.

If you planned on watching a formatted horror movie while laughing at a severed head or enjoy some naked boobies running around in the forest for no real reason, please check back in the US horror section of your favorite video joint. This is a humorous, horrible, sick, unsettling movie, so forget about the popcorn.