L'ennui
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L'ennui is a French film drama, adapted from Alberto Moravia’s novel, in which Charles Berling plays a philosophy teacher consumed by an obsessive affair with a younger woman.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| L'ennui canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13310360 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L'ennui Context triple: [Charles Berling, notableWork, L'ennui]
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A.
Ennui-sur-Blasé
Ennui-sur-Blasé is a fictional, whimsically stylized French town that serves as the central setting for Wes Anderson’s film *The French Dispatch*.
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B.
Sens et non-sens
Sens et non-sens is a collection of philosophical essays by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that explores themes of perception, art, politics, and meaning within the framework of existential phenomenology.
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C.
Les Uns et les Autres
Les Uns et les Autres is a 1981 French epic drama film by Claude Lelouch that follows several families of musicians across multiple countries and decades, set against the backdrop of World War II and its aftermath.
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D.
Chaise cassée
Chaise cassée is the French title of the monumental Broken Chair sculpture, a giant wooden chair with a broken leg symbolizing opposition to land mines and armed violence, located in Geneva.
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E.
Bonjour Tristesse (film)
"Bonjour Tristesse" is a 1958 drama film directed by Otto Preminger, based on Françoise Sagan’s novel about a carefree young woman on the French Riviera whose manipulative behavior leads to tragic consequences.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: L'ennui Target entity description: L'ennui is a French film drama, adapted from Alberto Moravia’s novel, in which Charles Berling plays a philosophy teacher consumed by an obsessive affair with a younger woman.
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A.
Ennui-sur-Blasé
Ennui-sur-Blasé is a fictional, whimsically stylized French town that serves as the central setting for Wes Anderson’s film *The French Dispatch*.
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B.
Sens et non-sens
Sens et non-sens is a collection of philosophical essays by Maurice Merleau-Ponty that explores themes of perception, art, politics, and meaning within the framework of existential phenomenology.
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C.
Les Uns et les Autres
Les Uns et les Autres is a 1981 French epic drama film by Claude Lelouch that follows several families of musicians across multiple countries and decades, set against the backdrop of World War II and its aftermath.
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D.
Chaise cassée
Chaise cassée is the French title of the monumental Broken Chair sculpture, a giant wooden chair with a broken leg symbolizing opposition to land mines and armed violence, located in Geneva.
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E.
Bonjour Tristesse (film)
"Bonjour Tristesse" is a 1958 drama film directed by Otto Preminger, based on Françoise Sagan’s novel about a carefree young woman on the French Riviera whose manipulative behavior leads to tragic consequences.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (34)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French film
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drama film ⓘ film ⓘ |
| adaptationOf | La noia by Alberto Moravia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
La noia
NERFINISHED
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novel by Alberto Moravia ⓘ |
| castMember |
Arielle Dombasle
NERFINISHED
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Charles Berling NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Kramer NERFINISHED ⓘ Sophie Guillemin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Pascal Marti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| director | Cédric Kahn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Pyramide Distribution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Yann Dedet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingLocation | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
boredom
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obsession ⓘ sexual relationships ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Martin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Reinhardt Wagner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAward | César Award nomination for Most Promising Actress for Sophie Guillemin ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | French ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A philosophy teacher becomes consumed by an obsessive affair with a younger woman. ⓘ |
| producer | Paulo Branco NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | philosophy teacher ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1998 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 122 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Cédric Kahn
NERFINISHED
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Laurent Guyot NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis-Charles Sirjacq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleLanguage | French ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | boredom ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: L'ennui Description of subject: L'ennui is a French film drama, adapted from Alberto Moravia’s novel, in which Charles Berling plays a philosophy teacher consumed by an obsessive affair with a younger woman.
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