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Writer:
Nic Balthazar (novel)
Release Date:
26 September 2007 (Belgium)
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Everything's dare more
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As an alternative to getting bullied at school, an autistic teenager retreats into the world of online role-playing games. full summary | add synopsis
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6 wins
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1 nomination
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(6 articles)
From Timescrimes to the Big Time Hollywood for Nacho Vigalondo
(From ioncinema. 31 July 2009)
12th Annual EU Film Festival Highlights, Week Four: ‘Sauna,’ ‘Apres Lui,’ ‘Ben X,’ ‘Patrik Age 1,5’
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 25 March 2009, 4:33 PM, PDT)
(From ioncinema. 31 July 2009)
12th Annual EU Film Festival Highlights, Week Four: ‘Sauna,’ ‘Apres Lui,’ ‘Ben X,’ ‘Patrik Age 1,5’
(From HollywoodChicago.com. 25 March 2009, 4:33 PM, PDT)
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An unusual offering, perhaps a cult film in the making???
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Marijke Pinoy | ... | Mother |
| Greg Timmermans | ... | Ben |
| Cesar De Sutter | ... | Jonas |
| Gilles De Schrijver | ... | Coppola (as Gilles De Dchryver) |
| Bavo Smets | ... | Ben - 6 years |
| Katrien Pierlet | ... | Kleuterjuf |
| Rebecca Lenaerts | ... | Opvoedster |
| Maarten Claeyssens | ... | Desmet |
| Titus De Voogdt | ... | Bogaert |
| Pol Goossen | ... | Father |
| Michel Bauwens | ... | Oorarts |
| Koen De Sutter | ... | Oogarts |
| Peter De Graef | ... | Psychiater |
| An Van Gijsegem | ... | Maaike |
| Jakob Beks | ... | Metal teacher |
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93 min
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Certification:
Netherlands:12 |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) |
Germany:12 |
Finland:K-13 |
Sweden:15 |
Denmark:15 |
UK:15 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
France:U (with warning)
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Belgium's Official Submission to the Best Foreign Language Film Category of the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).
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Remade as Untitled Ben X Remake (2009)
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STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning
With the film adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time seemingly abandoned, it seemed that Rain Man was the closest I would get to seeing a film about someone with Asperger's Syndrome, the condition I've admitted to having. But out of nowhere, along comes this offering from the Netherlands (with characters speaking in what surely sounds like German!), which has gained some acclaim but seems unlikely to become anything more than a cult offering. It's essentially just your typical boy-getting-bullied-at-school drama, with a talking heads docu-drama feel thrown in along with some effectively unpleasant scenes of bullying (including forcing an ecstasy tablet down the victim's throat in the end to blot it out) as well as clever touches as using the boy's obsession with online video games to compliment fighting with his enemies in real life. It's a string of original touches strung together to make one film, and while it doesn't fit together perfectly as a film, it's certainly great that an effort like this is bringing the condition so upfront in people's faces. ***