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Hellegat

1980 · 98 min

A quiet, grounded drama that lingers on fading labour and friendship, moving slowly but with a steady ache of loss.

Directed by: Patrick Le Bon
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jos Verbist, Paul S'Jongers, An Nelissen

Overview: A young brickyard worker named Sam bonds with an older coworker named Louis as their traditional industry faces closure and local environmental issues.

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Directed by: Patrick Le Bon
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jos Verbist, Paul S'Jongers, An Nelissen

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: work
friendship
environment
class
aging
Places: workplace
small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Patrick Le Bon
Written by: Patrick Le Bon, Paul Koeck
Starring: Jos Verbist, Paul S'Jongers, An Nelissen, Frank Aendenboom, Alice Toen, Marc Janssen, Julienne De Bruyn, Jaak Van Hombeek
Runtime: 98 min
Languages: Dutch

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