4.2
197 reviews

Playground

Laura Wandel20211h 12mDrama, Social Issues

Why we chose it

Every one of its seventy-two minutes is seen through a child’s eyes, because Laura Wandel wanted to remind us how it feels to be small in a world that is big and strange. She cast Maya Vanderbeque at seven, and the two of them spent three months playing before the cameras ever rolled.

Synopsis

Seven-year-old Nora starts at a new school where her older brother, Abel, has been a pupil for years, and at break on that first day she sees a group of boys shoving him around the playground. She runs to help, but Abel makes her promise to tell no one. Now Nora has to decide whose side she’s on, and she has until the bell rings.

Information

Director
Cast
Also known as
Un monde
Festival screenings
Cannes FF, San Sebastián IFF
Language
French
Country
Belgium
Subtitles
Polish
Age rating
12+

Cannes Film Festival

FIPRESCI Prize - Un Certain Regard

2021

Sarajevo Film Festival

Special Award for the Promotion of Gender Equality

2021

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4.2
197 reviews

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