Completed - FRENCH, FLEMISH - Documentary - 107 minutes
A tragicomic ode to failure, set in the slow-paced Belgian countryside, where Bob (Flemish) and Marcel (Walloon) stand strong together, sharing solitude, humor and a craving for alcohol. The film tells a story of morality and of a beautiful, modest and ironic life on the brink of society.
Year of production : 2013 Director(s) : Sabine LUBBE BAKKER, Niels VAN KOEVORDEN Producer(s) : Pieter VAN HUYSTEE (Pieter van Huystee Film)
Ne Me Quitte Pas is a tragicomic ode to failure. Set in the slow-paced countryside, Bob (Flemish) and Marcel (Walloon) stand strong together, sharing solitude, humor and a craving for alcohol. Suicide is their preferred way out, if worse comes to worst, having already found the perfect spot: under Bob’s “tree of life”. Bob loves his freedom and forest, while Marcel tries to hold on to the family he is about to lose. When the odd chore is done, time is filled with drinking. After Marcel decides to quit drinking, Bob refuses to join him in rehab. The film tells a story of morality and of a beautiful, modest and ironic life on the brink of society.
Country(ies) : NETHERLANDS
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DocCorner 2014idfa 2013Sydney FF 2014Traverse City Film Festival 2014 (Founders Prize, Special Award)Sofia IFF 2014DOK.Fest Munich 2014ZagrebDox IDFF 2014 ( Special Mention)True/False FF 2014Discovery Zone FF 2014 (Documentary Prize)One World IHRDFF 2014Eurodok 2014 (Best Documentary)HotDocs 2014 (Filmmaker to Filmmaker)Vision du Reel 2014Fidadoc 2014 (Prix du Jury)Docville 2014Docaviv 2014 (Special Jury Mention)Little Rock FF 2014 (Special Jury Prize for Cinematic Nonfiction)Documentary Edge Festival 2014Northside FF 2014Melbourne IFF 2014Lemesos IDF 2014Cinematik IFF 2014BFI Film Festival (London) 2014Netherlands Film Festival 2014 (Golden Calf Award winner for Best Long Documentary)Tribeca 2014 (Best Editing)