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Ben X

Country: Belgium | Netherlands, Language: Flemish | Dutch, 93 mins

  • Director: Nic Balthazar
  • Writer: Nic Balthazar
  • Producer: Burny Bos; Peter Bouckaert

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'For a boy. Simply bullied.'

Prepare yourself...for this is difficult...so very difficult.

The cruelty is unbearable...the constant bullying...and, the only way out.

Is bullying the new phenomena of the 21st Century?

It has always been present but, now, it has metamorphosized into something so incomprehensibly heinous...parents, teachers, every adult should be on their guard - this cannot continue...social media was not designed to be this cruel.

Suicide rooms...for the young...surely, a case for censorship...we don't believe in censorship but, if it can save a life, then...

The depth and breadth that this film travels is breathtaking, you will gasp.

The beauty of Sigur Ros' Svefn-G-Englar is matched by the visual...let your tears flow, for this is a moment that will last...painfully so.

An exceptional, deeply moving piece of work.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Ben is different. His life is a universe to itself, where he plays his favorite on line computer game Archlord avidly, trying hard to train himself for the real world he lives in. The harsh world of a technical school is for him a daily kind of hell. As the horror of being a daily subject to bullying grows, Ben devises a plan. Then Scarlite comes into his life, the girl he has met in his on-line game. That wasn't part of the plan...

Cast & Characters

Marijke Pinoy as Moeder;
Greg Timmermans as Ben;
Cesar De Sutter as Jonas;
Gilles De Schrijver as Coppola;
Bavo Smets as Ben - 6 jaar;
Katrien Pierlet as Kleuterjuf;
Rebecca Lenaerts as Opvoedster;
Maarten Claeyssens as Desmet;
Titus De Voogdt as Bogaert;
Pol Goossen as Vader;
Michel Bauwens as Oorarts;
Koen De Sutter as Oogarts;
Peter De Graef as Psychiater;
An Van Gijsegem as Maaike;
Jakob Beks as Leraar metaal