A man attempts to reclaim the life that prison took from him but his dark past threatens to ruin everything.
Acting
Wim Willaert's haunted restraint—says everything with his eyes.
Direction
Monsaert's unflinching handheld intimacy, never exploitative.
Director
Peter Monsaert
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wim Willaert spent time with recently released prisoners in Ghent to prepare; some became extras.
Belgium's sparse ex-con reintegration programs were under national debate when this released, making Rudy's struggle uncomfortably documentary-adjacent.