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Original Title | De Opdracht

Drama, Coming of age | 90' | 2026 (In pre-production)

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Director	Patrice Toye
Producer	Hans Everaert
Writer	Patrice Toye, Peter Seynaeve

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During a sweltering youth camp in the summer of 1947, Ewout (almost 16) sets out determinedly in search of the man he wants to become. He is traumatised by WWII and looks up to strong leaders. Most of all, he wants to belong. But his efforts to become popular backfire: the group turns against him and he is forced to go through a rough patch to realise what is really important. A film about wanting to belong, peer pressure, coping with trauma and self-acceptance.

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synopsis

Flanders, 1947. EWOUT (almost 16), a cheeky boy with a glass eye, goes to a summer camp for children traumatised by WWII with his kind-hearted brother, RINI (16). He has prepared himself meticulously, memorising all sorts of difficult words and adopting a masculine bravado. He dreams of being popular, to be SEEN. The insecure Ewout frantically tries to forget the terrible things that happened during the war. Everything escalates and events take a dramatic turn. Thanks in part to Rini, Ewout confronts the traumas of his past and learns what is really important. In the end, Ewout has a profound realisation: he no longer wants to belong to the so-called superior elite.
Vlaanderen, 1947. EWOUT (bijna 16), een brutale jongen met een glazen oog, gaat met zijn goedhartige broer RINI (16) naar een zomerkamp voor kinderen die getraumatiseerd zijn door de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Hij heeft zich minutieus voorbereid, allerlei moeilijke woorden uit zijn hoofd geleerd en een mannelijke bravoure aangenomen. Hij droomt ervan populair te zijn, om GEZIEN te worden. De onzekere Ewout probeert wanhopig de vreselijke gebeurtenissen uit de oorlog te vergeten. Alles escaleert en de gebeurtenissen nemen een dramatische wending. Mede dankzij Rini confronteert Ewout de trauma's uit zijn verleden en leert hij wat echt belangrijk is. Uiteindelijk komt hij tot een diepgaand inzicht.

Credits

Director
Patrice Toye
Producer
Hans Everaert
Writer
Patrice Toye, Peter Seynaeve
Cast
Mathisse De Sutter, Willem De Schryver
Editing
Bert Jacobs
Photography
Richard van Oosterhout
Costume
Nathalie Leborgne
Makeup
Labhise Allara Madangu
Music
John Parish

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Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Fiction
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Drama, Coming of age
Year of production

2026
Production status
In pre-production
Original title
De Opdracht
Original language
Dutch

Technical specs

Running time
90'

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Stenola, Willy Waltz, 2Pilots

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The Assignment

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