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Un monde = Playground / Dragon Films présente ; en coproduction avec Lunanime ; un film de Laura Wandel ; produit par Stéphane Lhoest.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 035 990
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Film Movement series
- Film Movement Series
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Bullying in schools--Drama.
- Bullying in schools.
- Victims of bullying--Drama.
- Victims of bullying.
- Siblings--Drama.
- Siblings.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Social problem films.
- Motion pictures, Belgian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition:
- Widescreen.
- Other Title:
- Playground
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Film Movement, [2022]
- Language Note:
- French audio with optional English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, all regions; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; 5.1 surround sound; 2.0 stereo.
- digital
- optical
- surround
- stereo
- laser optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- all regions
- Summary:
- In this debut feature, the everyday reality of grade school is seen from a child's-eye-view as an obstacle course of degradation and abuse. Following seven-year-old Nora and her big brother Abel, we see Nora struggling to fit in before finding her place in the schoolyard. One day, she notices Abel being bullied by other kids, and though she rushes to protect him by warning their father, Abel forces her to remain silent, while he endures more humiliation and harassment by his peers. Transposing the gritty realism of such filmmakers like Jacques Audiard and the Dardennes Brothers to the inner world of kids, Wandel crafts an empathetic and visceral portrait of the cruelty of children, and the failure of adults to protect them.
- Participant:
- Maya Vanderbeque, Günter Duret, Karim Leklou, Laura Verlinden.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Frédéric Noirhomme ; editor, Nicolas Rumpl.
- Notes:
- Widescreen.
- Title from disc surface.
- Originally released as a motion picture in 2021.
- Special features: Bonus short film Les corps étrangers (Foreign bodies), directed by Laura Wandel (15 min.), French with English subtitles.
- For private home use only.
- ISBN:
- 9786318767064
- 6318767061
- OCLC:
- 1309428354
- Publisher Number:
- 850021115654
- 00850021115654 gtin-14
- 115654 Film Movement
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