Tim Burgess 'Empathy For The Devil' by AB/CD/CD
David Knight - 14th Feb 2020
Camille Dauteuille and Clément Dozier - aka AB/CD/CD - return to music videos with a real bobby dazzler for indie vet Tim Burgess's Empathy For The Devil.
And as the songtitle suggests, this provides an intriguing twist on our usual take on The Horned One, in an ambitious narrative featuring Charlie Cattrall as a mischievous but surprisingly mortal Beelzebub.
This particular Devil, somehow called up to Earth by a bride on her wedding day, and causing a right royal ruckus at her party, is an attention seeker with some underlying behavioural issues. Burgess provides a watchful eye over him, as we find out about the unhappiness behind his naughtiness, and his true role is revealed. This devil is a whipping boy for human frustration and frailty - and Burgess is able to show him sympathy, and possibly empathy too.
Produced and shot in Belgium, photographed by DoP Sander Vandenbroucke (in 1.666 ratio), this freewheeling comic fantasy works really well with the jaunty folk-rock of Empathy Of The Devil. And with their background in conceptual, visual effects-based work, it also serves notice that AB/CD/CD have come of age as exciting storytellers.
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Credits
Production/Creative
- Director
- AB-CD-CD
- Producer
- Jelle Robbeets
- Producer
- Thomas Landeloos
- Production Company
- H
- Executive Producer
- Jason Felstaed
- Executive Producer
- Ruben Goots
- Production Manager
- Pim Verhaert
- 1st AD
- Malko Van Den Borre
Camera
- Director of Photography
- Sander Vandenbroucke
Lighting/Grip
- Gaffer
- Kristof Collier
Casting
- Lead actor
- Charlie Cattral
Editorial
- Editor
- Elodie Rassel
- Editing company
- Editors, Paris
Grading
- Colourist
- Sylvain Canaux
VFX
- Post production company
- Saint Louis Post House
Agent
- Director's Representation
- F
Commission
- Commissioner
- Anika Mottershaw
- Label
- Bella Union
Other credits
Steadicam
Nicolas Savary
Focus Puller
Krispijn Tant
2nd Assistant Camera
Jan Giesen
Best Boy Lights
Tim Janssens
Key Grip
Benjamin Speyer
Best Boy Grip
Lester Otten
Grip
Déborah La Sala
Art Director
Beatriz Arteaga
Art Director Assistant
Ladys Oliveira Silva
Set Dresser
Marthe Hespel
Special FX Technician
Toon Sintobin / Sparks FX
SFX Make Up Design
Rob Hillenbrink / Rob’s Prop Shop
SFX Make Up
Sarah Roman
SFX Make Up Assistant
Laetitia De Neve
SFX Make Up Assistant
François-Noé Flament
SFX Make Up Assistant
Johanna Cool
Wardrobe Stylist
Eveline Briand
Wardrobe Stylist Assistant
Joë Snacken
Location Manager
Johan Van Eeckhoudt
Location Assistant
Nore Sanders
Animal Handler
Cindy Van Kelecom
Night Guard
Djema Rorck
Storyboard & Character Design
Maxime Carnevale
Assistant Editor
Erwan Quelme
Sound Design Studio
KouZ
Sound Engineer
Christophe Colson
Sound Engineer Assistant
Pauline Facon
Casting Director
Louis Pons / Le Quartier
Location Scout
Dimitri Horlait
Location Scout
Ilaria Pittaluga
Camera Rental
Thomas Stoefs / Lucky Camera’s
Lighting Rental
Bert Reyskens / Spots Unlimited
Grip Rental
Benjamin Speyer
Car Handler
Nostalgic Cars
Catering
Peter Vanroelen / 5ième Element
Special Thanks
Didier Cardolle / L’Excelsior Jette, Pierre-Paul Verstappen / Collège Saint-Pierre Uccle, Philippe Vercauteren & Robert / Black Buddah Bxl, Veronique Dhanis & Philippe Duboullay, Royal Pizza Delacroix, Paintball Atrium Mortis, Maxime Carnevale, Linda Attab, Laurence Lelong / La Pac, Mia Louison, Anne-Laure
Tim Burgess
Himself
Bride
Louise Buysschaert
Groom
Aswin Babu
Father
Jean-Claude Doppe (DJ Saucisse)
Extra Wedding Attendees
Pascal Hutsebaut, Khalid El Ualid, Olivier Chapusette, Sonny Vandeuren, Raphaël Mostrey, Gerrit Wouters, Michele Draye, Jacqueline Planché, Luk Van Malder, Ruben Brackman, Fabio Marchig, Alyce Sevink, Andy Malysse, Ghislain Melsens, Jessica Ceuppens, Johan Van Eeckhoudt, Nore Sanders, Jeroen Willems
Kid Devil
Emiel Devel
Little Girl
Hanne Jacobs
Extra Kids
Matteo Marivoet, Lars Godrie, Wolf Ceunen, Senna Van Pollaert, Iro De Wilde, Gus Van Pelt, Flo Van Pelt, Zuri Bukuru, Lieselore Verbeke, Ilian Van Den Bosch, Amy Quick, Marie Marescou, Lenka Devel, Aminala Sarr
Female Worshippers
Livia Perneel, Estelle Clerbaux, Katrien Pairoux
Homeless Men
Daniel Thielemans, Guy De Staercke, Stephane Baudry
CAST:
Starring Charlie Cattral As The Devil
David Knight - 14th Feb 2020