Gods of Molenbeek
I don't know if I know
- Documentary
Overview
The district of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels has become world-famous as a center of jihadism, but for six-year-old Aatos and his friend Amine, it is a familiar home. Here, they listen to spiders, discover black holes, and fight about what is going to steer a flying carpet. Together they search for the answers to life's big questions. But the brutality of the adult world makes itself known when terrorists detonate a bomb in the neighborhood. Aaatos envies Amine's Muslim faith and looks for his own gods, although his classmate Flo questions him; she is strongly convinced that anyone who believes in God is completely nuts. Gods of Molenbeek is a wonderful portrayal of childhood friendship, inquiry and the creation of meaning in a chaotic time.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 9, 2019
- Original language
- Finnish
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, Finnish, French, Spanish
- Countries
- Belgium, Germany, Finland
- Production
- Zone2 Pictures
- Director
- Reetta Huhtanen
- Writer
- Reetta Huhtanen
- Cinematography
- Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen
- Music
- Tuomas Nikkinen
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt9592116