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MOSCOW, BELGIUM

By Christophe VAN ROMPAEY

VIVARTO - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD

Drama - Completed 2008

- Year of production
- 2008
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- BELGIUM
- Duration
- 102 mn
- Director(s)
- Christophe VAN ROMPAEY
- Writer(s)
- Jean-Claude VAN RIJCKEGHEM, Pat VAN BEIRS
- Cast
- Barbara SARAFIAN, Jurgen DELNAET, Johan HELDENBERGH, Anemone VALCKE
- Producer(s)
- Jean-Claude VAN RIJCKEGHEM (A Private View)
- Synopsis
- Moscow, or ‘Moscou’ in Flemish, is a densely populated working class neighbourhood on the outskirts of Ghent, Belgium. MATTY (41), mother of three, bumps her car into a truck on the parking lot of a supermarket. JOHNNY (29) climbs down from the cabin. He is infuriated by the dent in his front bumper and yells at Matty. Although impressed by the accident, Matty fi ghts back with sharp words. Their discussion turns into a row, and the police have to intervene. Matty goes home, the trunk of her car dancing up and down. Back in her apartment, Matty takes a hot bath to recover from the afternoon’s emotions when the phone rings. Her oldest daughter VERA (17) passes the phone to Matty. It’s Johnny, apologizing for his behaviour on the parking lot. Matty tells him to stay out of her life. A few days later, Johnny rings the oorbell. He fi xes the dent in the trunk of Matty’s car in no time. Matty’s children are stunned when witnessing the fi rst sparkles between Matty and the so much younger Johnny.