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COOL ABDOUL (Past Film)
DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, NETHERLANDS
 
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Completed - FLEMISH, FRENCH, ARABIC - Biography, Drama, Action/Adventure - 112 minutes

Log Line

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.

Year of production : 2021

Director(s) : Jonas BAEKELAND
Writer(s) : Jonas BAEKELAND, Fikry EL AZZOUZI, Wouter VAN HAVER
Cast : Nabil MALLAT, Johan HELDENBERGH, Anemone VALCKE, Dimitri VEGAS

Producer(s) : Lize LEFAIBLE (POTEMKINO), Peter DE MAEGD (POTEMKINO), Els VANDEVORST, Diana ELBAUM, Anne BERGER

Synopsis

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 vio.lent actions and will be forced to fight the ultimate match: against himself.

Production

Country(ies) : BELGIUM

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Festivals and Awards

Toronto - TIFF 2021 (Industry Selects 2021)
Gent IFF 2021


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