The Faithful Son

2017 Belgian film
  • 5 October 2017 (2017-10-05) (Namur)
  • 24 March 2018 (2018-03-24)
Running time
80 minutesCountriesBelgium
FranceLanguageFrench

The Faithful Son (French: La Part sauvage) is a 2017 Belgian drama film directed by Guérin Van de Vorst in his directorial debut. It is based on the short film of the same name by Van de Vorst, who wrote the screenplay with Matthieu Reynaert. The film had its world premiere at the Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur on 5 October 2017.[1] It received three nominations at the 9th Magritte Awards, including Best First Feature Film.[2]

Cast

  • Vincent Rottiers as Ben
  • Sébastien Houbani as Anouar
  • Johan Libéreau as Jo
  • Salomé Richard as Lucie
  • Walid Afkir as Mustapha
  • Simon Caudry as Sam

Accolades

Award / Film Festival Category Recipients and nominees Result
Festival du Film Francophone[3] Best First Feature Film Nominated
Magritte Awards[2] Best First Feature Film Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Salomé Richard Nominated
Best Original Score Manuel Roland, Maarten Van Cauwenberghe Nominated

References

  1. ^ Engelen, Aurore (15 September 2017). "The 32nd Namur Film Festival prepares to kick off". Cineuropa. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  2. ^ a b Heyrendt, Hubert (11 January 2019). "Les nommés aux Magritte 2019 sont connus". La Libre Belgique (in French). Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Compétition 1ère oeuvre de fiction" (in French). FIFF. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

External links

  • The Faithful Son at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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