| Uniform Title |
Playground (Motion picture : 2021) |
| Title |
Playground. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2022. |
| ©2021 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (73 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Madman Entertainment : PAL256. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2021. |
| Original French title: Un monde. |
| Credits |
A film by Laura Wandel. Produced by Stéphane Lhoest. |
| Performers |
Maya Vanderbeque, Günter Duret, Karim Leklou, Laura Verlinden. |
| Summary |
In this debut feature, the everyday reality of grade school is seen from a child's-eye-view as an obstacle course of degradation and abuse. Following seven-year-old Nora and her big brother Abel, we see Nora struggling to fit in before finding her place in the schoolyard. One day, she notices Abel being bullied by other kids, and though she rushes to protect him by warning their father, Abel forces her to remain silent, while he endures more humiliation and harassment by his peers. Transposing the gritty realism of such filmmakers like Jacques Audiard and the Dardennes Brothers to the inner world of kids, Wandel crafts an empathetic and visceral portrait of the cruelty of children, and the failure of adults to protect them. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Anamorphic widescreen 16:9. |
| Language note |
French. Subtitles: English. |
| Awards note |
Winner FIPRESCI Prize, Cannes Film Festival 2021 ; Best film, Belgian Film Critics Association 2021; Best film, Best director, Magritte Awards 2022 ; Best feature, London Film Festival 2021. |
| Subjects |
Bullying in schools -- Drama |
| Victims of bullying -- Drama |
| Siblings -- Drama |
| Parent and child -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Belgium |
| Motion pictures, Belgian |
| Foreign language films |
| Genre |
Domestic drama (Motion pictures) |
| Social problem films |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Wandel, Laura director, screenwriter. |
| Lhoest, Stéphane producer. |
| Vanderbeque, Maya actor. |
| Duret, Günter actor. |
| Series |
Palace Films collection |
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