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Deadline 25/5

Deadline 25/5

Year
2013
Length
8 x 50 min.
Genre
psychological drama
Director
Maarten Moerkerke
Screenplay
Rudy Morren | Nicholas Roelandts | Geert Bouckaert | Dirk Nielandt

Synopsis

March 2014. Marianne Smidt (36) has given up her job as journalist at the Gazet van Antwerpen, a Flemish newspaper. She now works in a book- and coffeeshop, which gives her more time for herself and for her son Seppe (13). Her quiet life is suddenly disrupted when Seppe and his classmates fall victim to carbon monoxide poisoning at school. It turns out to be an accident with dramatic consequences; Seppe is in a coma and two of his classmates and his teacher miss Sandra, a good friend of Marianne’s, decease. There is great speculation on the cause, and although all signs point in the direction of a human error, Marianne suspects a lot more is going on. She picks up her job as journalist at the GvA, because she firmly believes in telling the truth. Always and everywhere.

With the upcoming mother of all elections, and the chance of gaining a majority in the Flemish Parliament, the carbon monoxide disaster is not a present for mayor Bert Coenen, who must tread a faultless path, if he wants to beat Willem Vermaelen, the present minister-president of Flanders. After all, Coenen has the ambition to fulfil the election cry of his party ‘Flanders: now or never’ and he wants to win… at all costs. For that matter, he doesn’t conceal his true agenda: a majority in Flanders is a lever for independence and therefore for the partition of Belgium…

main cast

Maarten Moerkerke

Main cast

  • Charlotte Vandermeersch
  • Peter Van den Begin
  • Koen De Bouw

Cast

  • Ruth Becquart
  • Francis Connelly
  • Gert Winckelmans
  • Dirk Van Dijck
  • Marc Lauwrys
  • Greg Timmermans
  • Inge Paulussen
  • Michael Pas
  • Viv Van Dingenen

Crew

  • director of photography Christophe Nuyens
  • editing Mathieu Depuydt
  • original soundtrack Piet De Ridder
  • producer Dirk Impens
  • sound Marijn Thijs | Stijn Jacobs
  • production design Kurt Rigolle
  • make-up & hair Labhise Allara Mandango Ciratu
  • property man Philippe Bertin
  • 1st AD Tine Verbeurgt
  • gaffer Kristof Collier
  • grip Steven Van Den Broecke
  • line producer Johan Van den Driessche
  • production manager Tomas Coppejans
  • 1st AD Wouter Boels
  • casting Sara De Vries-Vinck
  • extra director Annelien Oosterlinck
  • image post production GRID
  • sound post production Gonzo
  • idea by Ed Vanderweyden

Credits

  • shooting location Belgium, Antwerp
  • original version Dutch
  • shooting period November 2013 - Februari 2014
  • shooting location 8 x 50'
  • channel VTM