Heaven's Gate

Original Title: Hemel op Aarde

43' | 2015 (Completed)

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Director:	Bram Claus
Producer:	Kristel Dotremont, Renaat Lambeets
Writer:	Bram Claus

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The Manila North Cemetery is home to the poorest of the poor and is a place where rich and poor meet eventually, as they will later in death...

synopsis

Manila has a population of nearly 11 million. On the city's outskirts, the huge gap between the rich and the poor has given rise to slums, home to the poorest of the poor. An alternative accommodation for the poor has developed in the shade of the shopping malls, high-rise buildings and luxury villas: "Manila North Cemetery". The inhabitants of this settlement - such as tombstone engraver Mario, caretaker Enchong and his daughter Maricel - have made their homes in the mausoleums, and in return they tend the graves. Rich and poor meet eventually, as they will later in death.
Manilla, hoofdstad van het paradijselijke Filipijnse eiland, telt zo’n 11 miljoen inwoners. De immense kloof tussen arm en rijk deed sloppenwijken ontstaan, de woonplaats van de armsten aan de rand van de stad. Een alternatieve verblijfplaats voor de arme bevolking bevindt zich in de schaduw van shopping malls, grote flatgebouwen en luxevilla’s: het stedelijk kerkhof “Manila North Cemetery”. Op het 58 hectare grote kerkhof is, over verschillende generaties heen, een grote gemeenschap gegroeid die dagelijks blijft uitbreiden door de gemiddeld 70 nieuwe doden per dag. De inwoners van deze uitzonderlijke woonplaats - zoals Mario, Enchong en Maricel - vinden er onderdak in de mausolea, in ruil voor het onderhoud van de graven. Door te zorgen voor de graven van de rijken, kunnen deze armen ook hun eigen verwanten begraven. Uiteindelijk komt arm en rijk er elkaar tegen, zoals later in de dood.

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Director
Bram Claus
Producer
Kristel Dotremont, Renaat Lambeets
Writer
Bram Claus
Editing
Bram Claus
Photography
Bram Claus
Sound
Bram Claus

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Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Doc
Production share
Minority Flemish co-production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2015
Production status
Completed
Original title
Hemel op Aarde
Original language
English, Filipino

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Running time
43'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
1.85:1
Sound format
stereo (2.0)
Colour
Colour

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Filmnatie

Markt 13
2840 Rumst
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T +32 497 64 96 13
kristel@filmnatie.eu

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Heaven's Gate

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