The Artificial Humors
The Artificial Humors is a film about humor, anthropology, and artificial intelligence. It focuses on how humor is central to human relationships and is used as a form of social control and one of the most complex forms of communication. Blending a certain Hollywood aesthetic with documentary approaches, the film tells a story of an indigenous girl who falls in love with a robot that is a rising stand up comedian in Brazil.
- Portugal
- 2017, 29 min
- Director: Gabriel Abrantes
- Director of photography: Jorge Quintela
- Editor: Margarida Lucas
- Screenplay: Gabriel Abrantes
- Cast: Amanda Rodarte, Ivo Müller, Margarida Lucas, Patricia Soso, Rafaela Rocha
- Contacts: Portugal Film - Portuguese Film Agency
- Producer: Frederico Mesquita
- Production: Herma Films
Gabriel Abrantes
Gabriel Abrantes (b. 1984, USA) studied at The Cooper Union in New York, ENSBA in Paris and at Le Fresnoy in Tourcoing. Gabriel’s activities involve not only movies, but artistic experiments and videoinstallations as well. His artistic oeuvre includes dozens of individual and group exhibitions and more than twenty short movies. His film work was presented at film festivals all over the world and awarded with many prestigious awards. The Artificial Humors was selected for the main competition at Berlin IFF and nominated for European Film Academy Award. His latest project, the feature movie Diamantino (co-directed with Daniel Schmidt), won the Semaine de la Critique prize at Cannes.