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2019 | Color | 84:00

In present-day Belgium, the fate of 13-year-old Ahmed is caught between his imam’s ideals of purity and life’s temptations.


Country: Francia, Bélgica
Direction: Dardenne; Jean-Pierre, Dardenne; Luc
Script: Dardenne; Jean-Pierre, Dardenne; Luc
Production: Freyd; Denis, Dardenne; Jean-Pierre, Dardenne; Luc
Photography: Dervaux; Benoit
Sound: Sicart; Julien, Duret; Jean-Pierre
Cast:Idir Ben Addi, Olivier Bonnaud, Myriem Akheddiou, Victoria Bluck, Claire Bodson, Othmane Moumen
Art direction: Gabriel; Igor
Participation year at FICM: 2019

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