NE ME QUITTE PAS

By Sabine LUBBE BAKKER, Niels VAN KOEVORDEN

DALTON DISTRIBUTION (FONK VZW) - as DISTR

Documentary - Completed 2013

A tragicomic ode to failure, set in the slow-paced Belgian countryside, where Bob (Flemish) and Marcel (Walloon) stand strong together, sharing solitude, humor and a craving for alcohol. The film tells a story of morality and of a beautiful, modest and ironic life on the brink of society.

Festivals
& Awards

idfa 2013
ZagrebDox IDFF 2014
Special Mention
True/False FF 2014
Discovery Zone FF 2014
Documentary Prize
One World IHRDFF 2014
Sofia IFF 2014
Eurodok 2014
Best Documentary
Tribeca 2014
Best Editing
    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • FRENCH, FLEMISH
    • Budget
    • 0 - 0.3 M$
    • Duration
    • 107 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Sabine LUBBE BAKKER, Niels VAN KOEVORDEN
    • Producer(s)
    • Pieter VAN HUYSTEE (Pieter van Huystee Film)
    • Synopsis
    • Ne Me Quitte Pas is a tragicomic ode to failure. Set in the slow-paced countryside, Bob (Flemish) and Marcel (Walloon) stand strong together, sharing solitude, humor and a craving for alcohol. Suicide is their preferred way out, if worse comes to worst, having already found the perfect spot: under Bob’s “tree of life”. Bob loves his freedom and forest, while Marcel tries to hold on to the family he is about to lose. When the odd chore is done, time is filled with drinking. After Marcel decides to quit drinking, Bob refuses to join him in rehab. The film tells a story of morality and of a beautiful, modest and ironic life on the brink of society.