Soil

Original Title: Grond

Dramedy | 8 x 45' | 2021 (Completed)

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Director:	Mathieu Mortelmans, Bilall Fallah, Adil El Arbi
Producer:	Jan De Clercq
Writer:	Dries Heyneman, Wannes Cappelle, Zouzou Ben Chikha

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What if you want to be buried in your native soil, but that soil is two thousand kilometres away? Smile has a solution, a Belgian solution...

synopsis

If a Muslim dies in Belgium, the next of kin are faced with a major dilemma: where should the deceased be buried? Here or in the country of origin? When Ismael - Smile to his friends - takes over his father's repatriation business, he thinks he’s found the solution: "If you can't bury Muslims in the holy ground of Morocco, then we'll just bring the ground here...". A simple and ingenious idea, but without realising it, Smile has opened Pandora's box.
Wie als moslim in België het loodje legt, zadelt zijn nabestaanden op met een groot dilemma: waar moet hij of zij begraven worden? Hier of in het land van herkomst? Wanneer Ismael – Smile voor de vrienden – het repatriëringsbedrijf van zijn vader overneemt, lijkt hij dé oplossing voor het probleem te hebben gevonden: “Als je moslims niet kunt begraven in de heilige grond in Marokko, dan halen we die grond toch gewoon naar hier…”. Een even eenvoudig als geniaal idee, maar zonder het te beseffen opent Smile hiermee de doos van Pandora.

Credits

Director
Mathieu Mortelmans, Bilall Fallah, Adil El Arbi
Producer
Jan De Clercq
Writer
Dries Heyneman, Wannes Cappelle, Zouzou Ben Chikha
Cast
Charlotte De Bruyne, Tom Vermeir, Yassine Ouaich, Ward Kerremans, Ahlaam Teghadouini, Saïd Boumazoughe
Photography
Maximiliaan Dierickx
Costume
Manu Verschueren
Sound
Geert Vlegels
Makeup
Els Van Lierde
Music
Faisal & Yong Yello

Format

Creation details

Type
Series
Category
Fiction
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Dramedy
Year of production

2021
Production status
Completed
Original title
Grond
Original language
Dutch, French, Arabic

Technical specs

Running time
8 x 45'
Available in
2D
Available formats
DCP; Apple ProRes 422
Colour
Colour

Contact & sales

Contact

Lunanime

Hof Ter Mere 28
9000 Gent
Belgium

T +32 9 277 05 52
mail@lunanime.be

www.lunanime.be

Details
Sales

Dynamic Television

Torstrasse 88
DE-10119 Berlijn
Germany

T +49 177 299 4385
jbennemann@dynamictelevision.com

dynamictelevision.com

Festivals & awards

Festivals

2021: Film Fest Gent (BE), CIVIS Media Prize 2023,

Awards

No award information available.

Partners

Co-production partners

Dragons Films (BE), Big Blue (NL)

Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Screen Flanders, Screen Brussels, Telenet, Streamz, Creative Europe, VOO & Be tv

Tax shelter

LumInvest

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Soil

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Costume

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Available formats

Colour