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Gods of Molenbeek (2019)
Directed by Reetta Huhtanen
“I don't know if I know”
Documentary · 1h 13m
The district of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels has become world-famous as a center of jihadism, but for six-year-old Aatos and his friend Amine, it is a familiar home. Here, they listen to spiders, discover black holes, and fight about what is going to steer a flying carpet. Together they search for the answers to life's big questions. But the brutality of the adult world makes itself known when terrorists detonate a bomb in the neighborhood. Aaatos envies Amine's Muslim faith and looks for his own gods, although his classmate Flo questions him; she is strongly convinced that anyone who believes in God is completely nuts. Gods of Molenbeek is a wonderful portrayal of childhood friendship, inquiry and the creation of meaning in a chaotic time.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Reetta Huhtanen
- Screenplay
- Reetta Huhtanen
- Director of Photography
- Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
- Original Music Composer
- Tuomas Nikkinen
- Editor
- Jamin Benazzouz
- Producer
- Iris Pakulla, Alex Tondowski, Hanne Phlypo, Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
Details
- Original title
- Aatos ja Amine
- Release date
- 2019-08-09
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- Spanish, Arabic, French, Finnish
- Countries
- Belgium, Germany, Finland
- Production
- Zone2 Pictures