L'Ennui

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L'Ennui
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Cédric Kahn
Screenplay by	Cédric Kahn Laurence Ferreira Barbosa
Based on	La noia by Alberto Moravia
Produced by	Paulo Branco
Starring	Charles Berling Sophie Guillemin Arielle Dombasle Robert Kramer Alice Grey Maurice Antoni
Cinematography	Pascal Marti
Edited by	Yann Dedet
Music by	Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar
Production companies	Gemini Films Ima Films Madragoa Filmes
Distributed by	Gemini Films (France) Atalanta Filmes (Portugal)
Release dates	11 September 1998 (1998-09-11) (Venice) 16 December 1998 (1998-12-16) (France) 19 February 1999 (1999-02-19) (Portugal)
Running time	122 minutes
Countries	France Portugal
Language	French
Budget	€1.9 million[1]
Box office	$2.2 million[1]

L'Ennui (English: Boredom) is a 1998 erotic drama film directed by Cédric Kahn from a screenplay he co-wrote with Laurence Ferreira Barbosa, based on the 1960 novel La noia by Alberto Moravia. The film stars Charles Berling, Sophie Guillemin and Arielle Dombasle, with Robert Kramer, Alice Grey and Maurice Antoni. It follows the life of a bored philosopher as he becomes jealously obsessed with the much younger lover of a dead painter.