Stuck in a dark limbo between life and death, a deceased soldier Nathan Rijckx collects shadows of dying men and women to buy back his own second chance at life. Obsessed by a girl he met ...
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| Matthias Schoenaerts | ... | Nathan Rijckx | |
| Laura Verlinden | ... | Sarah Winters | |
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Peter Van den Eede | ... | Collector Of Shadows (as Peter Van Den Eede) |
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Benjamin Ramon | ... | Daniel Hainaut |
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Amandine Zurbuchen | ... | Nurse |
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Brian Piezel | ... | Boran Kassovic |
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Denis Duron | ... | Jan Ternauw |
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Gregory Rabat | ... | New Photographer |
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Emile Boudaille | ... | Thomas Belcourt |
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Bruno Clément | ... | German Soldier |
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Franck Maréco | ... | German Soldier |
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Daniel Rechul | ... | German Soldier |
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Laurent Marchetti | ... | German Soldier |
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Guillaume Sentier | ... | German Soldier |
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Simon Robas | ... | German Soldier |
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Stuck in a dark limbo between life and death, a deceased soldier Nathan Rijckx collects shadows of dying men and women to buy back his own second chance at life. Obsessed by a girl he met the moment before he died, the thought of seeing his beloved again drives the soldier to regain access to the world of the living. But when he discovers that she's already in love with someone else, jealousy clouds his mind and pushes him toward a bitter decision, a decision not without its consequences... Written by ellendewaele
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Matthias Schoenaerts and Laura Verlinden had previously starred together in two productions: they played siblings in Loft (2008) and also appeared on the mini-series The Emperor of Taste (2008), although they didn't share any scene in this one. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Last but not least the movie reminds one of the catastrophic suffering involved in World War One. As a child I remember meeting very old people who had seen their share of loss and grief and who spoke of "the war", in the singular. For them the first World War still remained the great, the real, the original war, with all subsequent conflicts being but aftershocks or afterimages.