Enough – A film by Anna Mantzaris
Enough is a look into just what we always wanted to do at one point of time in our lives. There’s the rude guy on the bus talking loud, or the co-worker who is just a complete idiot at a pointless job, and that time you ran to catch the bus but just missed it by a second.
Crédits
Original title: Enough
Director: Anna Mantzaris
Voice: Leanne Brookes
Date de sortie : 2017
Pays : UK
Production notes
“I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore!”
This immortal rant delivered by Peter Finch in the 1975 classic Network is a timeless expression of human frustration against modern society. Haven’t we all at some point found ourselves suffocated by workplace monotony and felt the not-so-secret urge to leave it all behind?
Fortunately, social norms generally keep our behavior in check and prevent us from acting out in drastic ways. But what would happen if instead of simply enduring, we had the freedom to act on our primal desires? This week’s award-winning Staff Pick Premiere is a hilarious and cathartic ode to indulging our impulses and losing control in the face of life’s daily frustrations. Staff Pick alumna Anna Mantzaris’ animated film ‘Enough’ captures instantly relatable moments of emotional exasperation that offer a glimpse into the anarchy of our inner desires.
Cheekily inspired by her move to London
To attend the Royal College of Art
The Swedish filmmaker set her film in a joyless world where every mundane routine feels like an oppressive act. “I love London, but there are sometimes so many people and crowded places. And many people in ill-fitting suits, looking a bit uncomfortable. In the stuffed morning tube (subway) or other stressed places, I could sense the frustration in the air. I started to imagine what these people felt on the inside, what they actually wanted to do.” Although London certainly embodies a certain dreary setting, “Enough’s” strength lies in its ability to capture immediately recognizable scenarios, infuse them with empathy, and still get a laugh. We may not follow through in the same way her characters do, who among us hasn’t at least entertained the thought?
It’s a special process
Not only do you need to be a filmmaker and director, but you also need to construct these puppets to work properly technically, but also to look nice, and then you have to make the sets, light and then animate it to come to life. It is a very long but very fun process!
Biography
Swedish Director and animator Anna Mantzaris, whose film Enough has won over 15 international awards after a successful festival run, goes through a painstaking process to create the puppets for her stop motion animation films.
I work mainly in stop motion and have a soft spot for things that are sad and funny at the same time.
Recently worked on Wes Andersons ‘Isle of Dogs’, and graduated from Royal College of Art with an MA in Animation in 2018.
My films have been screened in festivals around the world, and won multiple awards including European Animation Awards, Vimeo Best of The Year and Walt Disney Award.
Anna holds an MA in Animation from the Royal College of Art and recently worked on Isle of Dogs by Wes Anderson. She also teaches occasionally and has been a guest lecturer at the Royal College of Art, Stockholm University of the Arts, Design College Barcelona and Hyper Island, among others.
Filmography
Enough – 2017
Greenpeace – 2018
Good Intentions – 2019
Global Women – 2021