De Belofte van Pisa

Norbert ter Hall / NL, 2019 / 105 min.

Growing up in a working-class neighbourhood in Amsterdam with an elder brother who’s doing time while trying to hold your own at an elite school in upmarket South Amsterdam. It's part of Dutch novelist Mano Bouzamour's story. Director Norbert ter Hall adapted Bouzamour’s bestseller about his youth for film, with a cast that includes Shahine El-Hamus, Yorick van Wageningen and rapper Sjaak. Closing film of the Netherlands Film Festival.