English
Near the port of Antwerp lies the village of Doel. A village that has been in the way of the megalomaniac expansionary urges of Antwerp for decades, and now finally has to disappear. While Doel is slowly dying, the elderly Emilienne attempts to keep up a pretence of normality. At her kitchen table village life seems to continue like nothing has changed. But when her close friends leave, the village priest dies and demolition begins, the downfall seems inevitable. Will she ultimately also be forced to let go?
Eventually An Angel in Doel is about man's struggle against the inevitable: his own mortality.
French
Près du port d’Anvers se trouve le village de Doel. Durant des décennies, celui-ci a gêné le désir expansionniste mégalomane d’Anvers et doit maintenant disparaître. Alors que Doel meurt à petit feu, Emilienne, la doyenne du village essaie de simuler un semblant de normalité. Depuis sa table de cuisine, la vie du village continue comme si rien n’avait changé. Mais lorsque ses amis proches s’en vont, que le prêtre du village meurt et que la destruction commence, la chute semble inévitable. Va-t-elle finalement être forcée à lâcher prise ?
Finalement, An Angel in Doel aborde la question du combat de l’homme contre l’inévitable : sa propre mortalité.
Info
| Title | An Angel in Doel |
|---|---|
| Original title | De engel van Doel |
| Original version | Dutch |
| Status | In post-production |
| Category | Docs |
| Year of production | 2011 |
Credits
| Photography | Daniël Bouquet, Diderik Evers |
|---|---|
| Editing | Tom Fassaert |
| Music | Tobias Borkert |
Technical specs
| Running time film | 72' |
|---|---|
| Release format | 16mm |
| Aspect ratio | 1:1.85 |
| Sound format | Victor Horsting, Jan Willem van den Brink |
| Colour | Black & white |
Partners
| Supported by | Filmfonds, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF), MediaFonds, Omroep Zeeland, Canvas |
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Blue Bird and The Invader nominated in Göteborg
Nicolas Provost’s feature debut The Invader and Gust Van den Berghe’s Blue Bird have been nominated for The Ingmar Bergman International Debut Award at Sweden’s Göteborg International Film Festival (27 January-6 February). The festival also selected Lotte Stoops’ Grande Hotel and Tom Fassaert’s An Angel in Doel in the Dokumentärt and Visionärer sections respectively.
A total of eight films from around the world were nominated for the prestigious award. With two Flemish filmmakers nominated out of eight, Belgian cinema from Flanders clearly demonstrated its vibrancy and talent. The Ingmar Berman International Debut Award is awarded to “a debutant who in his film treats an existential theme with a dynamic or experimental approach to the cinematic means of expression.”
Last edited on 3 December 2012