Completed - ARABIC, FRENCH, DUTCH - True Story, Biography - 112 minutes
Ismail Abdoul, a young boxer, becomes increasingly entangled in a web of wrong choices. He will have to fight the ultimate battle: the one with himself.
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Jonas BAECKELAND Writer(s) : Jonas BAECKELAND, Fikry EL AZZOUZI, Wouter VAN HAVER Cast : Nabil MALLAT, Anemone VALCKE, Johan HELDENBERGH, Steef CUIJPERS, Issaka SAWADOGO, Antje DE BOECK, Idries BENSBAHO, Dimitri 'VEGAS' THIVAIOS Producer(s) : Lize LEFAIBLE (Potemkino), Peter DE MAEGD (Potemkino), Tom HAMEEUW (Potemkino)
Ismail Abdoul is a talented young boxer on the rise, ready to make it to the top. He’s found the love of his life, Sylvie, and is making a decent living as a bouncer. But when the opportunity for more money and power arises, he seizes it. In no time, he and his men control all the club doors in the city, including the drug traffic behind them. Abdoul becomes a living legend, both in the ring and out of it. Blinded by success, he gets caught in a web of his own lies and violent actions and will be forced to fight the ultimate match: against himself.
Country(ies) : BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS
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Toronto - TIFF 2021 (Industry Selects)Film Fest Gent 2021 (Premiere)