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Adem

  • 20102010
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  • 1h 38m
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7.2/10
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Adem (2010)
Two young man share an incurable illness. Is their love for the women in their lives strong enough to conquer their fear of dying?
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Two young men share an incurable illness. Is their love for the women in their lives strong enough to conquer their fear of dying?Two young men share an incurable illness. Is their love for the women in their lives strong enough to conquer their fear of dying?Two young men share an incurable illness. Is their love for the women in their lives strong enough to conquer their fear of dying?
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    • Hans Van Nuffel
    • Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem
    • Hans Van Nuffel
  • Stars
    • Stef Aerts
    • Wouter Hendrickx
    • Marie Vinck
    • Hans Van Nuffel
    • Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem
    • Hans Van Nuffel
  • Stars
    • Stef Aerts
    • Wouter Hendrickx
    • Marie Vinck
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    • 10Critic reviews
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    Stef Aerts
    Stef Aerts
    • Tom
    Wouter Hendrickx
    Wouter Hendrickx
    • Xavier
    Marie Vinck
    Marie Vinck
    • Anneleen
    Rik Verheye
    • Jimmy
    Anemone Valcke
    Anemone Valcke
    • Eline
    Gijs Scholten van Aschat
    Gijs Scholten van Aschat
    • Professor Duhamel
    Maarten Mertens
    • Lucas
    Ina Geerts
    Ina Geerts
    • Simone
    Kris Cuppens
    Kris Cuppens
    • Karl
    Begir Memeti
    • verpleger Rachid
    Günther Lesage
    • Operator in long function
    • (as Gunther Lesage)
    Maarten Ketels
    Maarten Ketels
    • Young doctor
    Jolente De Keersmaeker
    • Doctor van Wacht
    Mark van den Bos
    • Surgeon
    • (as Mark Vandenbos)
    Kasper Vandenberghe
    • Fredje
    Anouar Amensour
    • Stone
    Jef Manderveld
    • Tom (7 jaar)
    Jules Mastenbroek
    • Xavier (16 jaar)
      • Hans Van Nuffel
      • Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem
      • Hans Van Nuffel
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    • Trivia
      Stef Aerts (Tom) and Marie Vinck (Anneleen) are a couple in real life.
    • Goofs
      When Tom calls Eline for the first time when she is in quarantine, he uses the 5-digit phone number Eline gave him. This 5-digit number is an internal number in the hospital (regular phone numbers in Belgium having 9 or 10 digits). Tom calls her using his mobile phone (not using the phone he has on his room that would allow for an internal number) and clearly uses only 5 digits. The connection cannot be established that way.

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    9/10
    Adem (Oxygen) takes its audience on emotional roller-coaster
    Adem, directed by Hans Van Nuffel, screened this week in international competition at the Montreal World Film Festival (FFM). Tom (played by Stef Aerts) suffers from chronic cystic fibrosis - an hereditary condition he shares with his older brother Lucas (Maarten Mertens). Tom & Lucas spend much of their youth in the Belgian health care system, and the awful certainty that they will need to receive lung transplants and otherwise will not survive as adults. In one of his hospital stays, Tom meets Xavier (Wouter Hendrickx), who has the same illness. Xavier teaches Tom that life can be enjoyed to its fullest notwithstanding their precarious state of health. The two men face many ups & downs in a tumultuous relationship which is the basis of this fascinating film. The women in their lives and as well Tom's friends play prominent roles in an emotional roller coaster of a film. Ultimately, the two men's fates are inextricably linked. Stef Aerts delivers a magnificent acting performance, in which learning to take a breath of air is a challenge. The camera work is sensitive and yet unobtrusive. Hans Van Nuffel, who has a mild form of cystic fibrosis, also wrote the script and knows the subject matter. This gripping film is ultimately not about the illness. Rather it is about the will to survive.
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    • tonywohlfarth
    • Sep 3, 2010

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      • September 8, 2010 (Belgium)
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