Gods of Molenbeek (2019)
The district of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels has become world-famous as a center of jihadism, but for six-year-old Aatos and his friend Amine, it is a familiar home. Here, they listen to spiders, discover black holes, and fight about what is going to steer a flying carpet. Together they search for the answers to life's big questions. But the brutality of the adult world makes itself known when terrorists detonate a bomb in the neighborhood. Aaatos envies Amine's Muslim faith and looks for his own gods, although his classmate Flo questions him; she is strongly convinced that anyone who believes in God is completely nuts. Gods of Molenbeek is a wonderful portrayal of childhood friendship, inquiry and the creation of meaning in a chaotic time.
Director:
Reetta Huhtanen
Writer:
Reetta Huhtanen
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Aatos Nahuel Flores as Himself |
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Amine Mohamed Bennaa as Himself |
| Directing | Reetta Huhtanen | Director |
| Camera | Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Tuomas Nikkinen | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Bert Aerts | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Cassis Birgit Staudt | Sound |
| Production | Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen | Producer |
| Sound | Reetta Huhtanen | Sound |
| Editing | Jamin Benazzouz | Editor |
| Production | Iris Pakulla | Producer |
| Production | Alex Tondowski | Producer |
| Production | Hanne Phlypo | Producer |
| Writing | Reetta Huhtanen | Screenplay |
