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"wanting to belong can cost your life"

1993 1h 38m NL

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6.1

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6.7

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★6.1TMDB · 18★6.7IMDB · 1,448

Drama

Synopsis

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Sammy Raes, a nice, naive law-freshman from a simple family, dies in a form of hazing known as the 'flying carpet'. The father of the arrogant fraternity president Guy Bogaerts who ordered this reckless procedure abuses his connections to prevent a judicial homicide conviction, while the college authorities prefer to avoid a scandal in the press. However Sammy's freshmen friends Tom Smits and Denn

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Cast

Tom Van Landuyt
Tom Smits
Mathias Sercu
Dennis
Tom van Bauwel
Guy de Bogaerts
Sven de Ridder
Sammy Raes
Tania Poppe
Margot van Doorn
Petra Derks
Axel Daeseleire
Tits
Gert Lahousse
Coco

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Erik Van Looy
Writers: Erik Van Looy, Mark Punt
Languages: Dutch
Countries: Belgium

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ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 5

CAST

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Tom Van Landuyt and Mathias Sercu and Tom van Bauwel carry the top of the cast.

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3 / 5

RUNTIME

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Marketing tagline: "wanting to belong can cost your life".

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4 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0106218 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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5 / 5

WILD

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Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Erik Van Looy directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Belgium. Dialogue in Dutch.

Trivia

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133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Tom Van Landuyt and Mathias Sercu and Tom van Bauwel carry the top of the cast.
3Marketing tagline: "wanting to belong can cost your life".
4IMDB entry: tt0106218 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
5Only 18 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.