International Competition · 46th Edition
The Silent Run
L'enfant Bélier
Director
Martha Bergman
Country
Belgium, Canada
Runtime
1 h 34 min
Language
French, Arabic
Premiere
World Premiere
Synopsis
Sara and Adam, and their two-year-old daughter, arrived in Belgium illegally, and are now hoping to finally make their way on to England. Crammed together with other hopefuls in the back of a van, fear begins to prevail over hope. Redouane has been a policeman for 20 years. Every night, he and his team hunt down people smugglers throughout the country’s busy motorway network. That night, when he and his partner try to force a van suspected of transporting migrants to stop, everything changes.
Cast
Kechiouche, Zbeida Belhajamor, Abdal Razak Alsweha, Clara Toros
Screenplay
Marta Bergman, Sacha Ferbus, Camille Mol, Ely Chevilot
Producers
Frakas Productions, Années Lumière Films
About the Director
Marta Bergman was born in 1962 in Bucharest and holds degrees in journalism and communication (Université Libre de Bruxelles) and film directing (INSAS Brussels). She first worked as a freelance journalist for print and television before turning to documentary filmmaking. Her documentaries explore Romania and Roma communities. In 2018, she directed her first fiction feature, Alone at My Wedding, produced by Frakas Productions and shot between Belgium and Romania, and selected at ACID (Cannes). The Silent Run is her second feature film.
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