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RELEASES Belgium

Grand Prix des Americas laureate Adem hits screens

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Basking in the glory of its Canadian success earlier in the week, Hans Van Nuffel’s debut feature Adem [+see also:
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opens on Belgian screens today. Following in the footsteps of Ben X [+see also:
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three years ago, Adem picked up the Grand Prix des Americas at the Montreal World Film Festival. Chance or coincidence, Adem and Ben X each follow the life of teenagers dealing with illnesses; youth cystic fibrosis in Adem, and Asperger syndrome for the hero of Ben X. As if the universality of the illness transcended the Flemish context of films to make them accessible to the entire world. Ben X turned out to be the surprise Belgian success at the end of 2007, both internationally (sold in almost 30 territories) and in theatres, where the film is attracting over 250,000 filmgoers. Kinepolis is releasing Adem on a handsome 19 prints for Brussels and Flanders, surpassing the number for US releases this week.

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Adem centres around two brothers coping with an illness that considerably shortens their life expectancy. Facing this common fatality, both of them deal with life head on, and brave their destiny each in their own way. The film is co-written by Jean-Claude Van Rijckegem, also producer with A Private View. It is co-produced with Lemming Film (the Netherlands), with backing from the Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Eurimages and Tax Shelter.

Also worth a mention are the releases of the especially righteous and highly moving Of Gods and Men [+see also:
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interview: Xavier Beauvois
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by Xavier Beauvois (opening on no fewer than 21 screens in Wallonia/Flanders/Brussels), Blier’s latest, The Clink of Ice [+see also:
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, Colinne Serreau’s documentary, Solutions locales pour un désordre global (“Local solutions for global disorder”), and Italian title The Double Hour by Giuseppe Capotondi.

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(Translated from French)

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