Co-Producer
26 people live in the Belgian city of Doel, and they have no plans of moving anywhere. Even if everyone else is busy telling them how hopeless their beloved ghost town is. Vandalised, dilapidated and an ironic destination for urban explorers, car nerds and Dutch techno ravers. Doel is squeezed between an industrial port and a nuclear power station, and since the 1960s the government has regularly tried to raze it to the ground to make space for a container park in the name of globalisation. The school, the shops and even the church have closed, and most houses have either been torn down or abandoned. But the last inhabitants are not giving up. Young as well as old agree to defend Doel to the very end.
Associate Producer
Un ejercicio de realismo bruselense sin concesiones: la historia de amor imposible entre dos jóvenes que pertenecen a bandas urbanas rivales. Mavela, 15 años, origen africano, es una “Black Bronx” del barrio de Matonge; y Marwan, un magrebí “1080” del distrito de Molenbeek Saint-Jean. Cuando ambos se enamoran —en comisaría— hasta el extremo de emprender una relación clandestina, la lealtad hacia el clan pandillero les plantea un serio conflicto, no sólo íntimo. Porque ser miembro de una banda implica serlo para siempre, y abandonarla resulta inviable. Retrato naturalista y romántico a un tiem po del crudo “mundo aparte” de los gangs metro politanos, la película presenta a Bruselas como otro efervescente personaje más, especialmente su colorista down town.
