Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights to rising Belgian filmmaker Laura Wandel’s critically acclaimed feature debut “Playground” (“Un Monde”) which opened at Cannes’ Un Cer…
” which opened at Cannes’ Un Certain Regard and won the Fipresci award. Paris-based Indie Sales represents the film in international markets.
Wandel was previously at Cannes with her short film “Foreign Bodies” which competed at the festival and revolved around an injured man trying to cope with his disabled body with the help of a physiotherapist. “I wanted to understand the issue of school bullying from different perspectives, so I attended mediations at school, watched kids play, talked to them and also had them role play so that they also could understand how bullying works and feel empathy,” said the helmer. She pointed out the film highlights the psychological mechanism of bullying, showing that victims and perpetrators often get stuck in vicious circles.
Vanderbeque, who was cast among 200 other children and is present in nearly every shot, delivers an impressive performance, as does her on-screen brother Günter Duret. Wandel described Vanderbeque as an acting prodigy and said she got to help cast the other children for the film.
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