Black (2015)

A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang. The city of Brussels, plagued by high rates of youth... See full summary »

Directors:

Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah

Writers:

Nele Meirhaeghe (screenplay by), Adil El Arbi (screenplay by)

Stars:

Sanâa Alaoui, Martha Canga Antonio, Aboubakr Bensaihi

9 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Sanâa Alaoui	...	Mina (as Sanaa Alaoui)
Martha Canga Antonio	...	Mavela
Aboubakr Bensaihi	...	Marwan
Sanaa Bourrasse	...	Loubna
Natascha Boyamba	...	Justelle
Soufiane Chilah	...	Nassim
Brahim El Abdouni	...	Matti
Simon Frey	...	Jonathan
Faysel Ichakarene	...	Redouan
Théo Kabeya	...	Notorious
Eric Kabongo	...	Krazy-E
Glody Lombi	...	Angela
Axel Masudi	...	CMM
Brandon Masudi	...	Alonzo
Lorris Masudi	...	Pookie

Storyline

A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang. The city of Brussels, plagued by high rates of youth unemployment, is home to nearly forty street gangs, and the number of young people drawn into the city's gang culture increases each year. It's in this criminal milieu that directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah set Black, a pulse-pounding contemporary take on a Shakespearean tragedy. Worlds collide when Mavela (Martha Canga Antonio), a teenage girl with ties to Brussels' Black Bronx gang, meets Marwan (Aboubakr Bensaihi), a member of a rival Moroccan gang, at a police station. Keenly aware of the consequences of getting involved with someone from another gang, they at first resist their attraction to one another, but they can only resist for so long. Just when they've started to imagine a different life for themselves, a terrifying incident reminds Mavela where she belongs - and, more ...

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Plot Keywords:

belgium | tragic event | woman in jeopardy | gang | police station | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Caviar (BE) Official Facebook

Country:

Belgium

Language:

French Dutch Arabic Lingala

Release Date:

11 November 2015 (Belgium)

Also Known As:

Black - Amor em Tempos de Ódio

Filming Locations:

Brussels, Belgium

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,200,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,692,776

Company Credits

Production Co:

A Team Productions, Caviar Antwerp NV, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Back to Black (Film Black Version)
Written by Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson (as M. Ronson)
Performed by Oscar & The Wolf (as Oscar and the Wolf) Feat Tsar.
Produced by Hannes De Maeyer
Co-produced by Gregory Caron
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd / BMG VM Music Ltd
Courtesy of Play It Again Sam

User Reviews

Governmental propaganda made to look like American gang movies

A film made with the tax payer money, for the education of the tax payer. The bureaucrats are okay. The police is very effective. The violence is only a product of dark skin. Whites are superior, but not perfect.

I would have liked to have the same propaganda story made by some people who have actually lived the story and not some middle class brats playing film-maker.

The ugly part is the oozing racism. Which is even more saddening coming from people that should get it. There is no back story. Brown people are criminals "because".