RAFAËL
synopsis
The Arab Spring forces Tunisian Nazir, married to the pregnant Dutch hairdresser Kimmy, to escape to Europe, but he ends up in Lampedusa, imprisoned as an illegal refugee. RAFAËL is a romantic drama about two lovers giving everything they have, just to be reunited for the birth of their son Rafaël. It is a suspenseful story about borders, dreams, perseverance and love-transcending bureaucracy, borders and even prison walls.
| original title: | Rafaël |
| country: | Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Italy |
| sales agent: | Intramovies |
| year: | 2018 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Ben Sombogaart |
| film run: | 105' |
| release date: | NL 11/10/2018 |
| screenplay: | Tijs van Marle, Massimo Gaudioso, Fabio Natale |
| cast: | Melody Klaver, Nabil Mallat, Mehdi Meskar, Nawfel Bardad-Daidj, Tine Joustra, Iwan Walhain, Antonio Scarpa, Medina Schuurman, Rabbah Besseghir, Junes Lazaar |
| cinematography by: | Jan Moeskops |
| film editing: | David Verdurme |
| art director: | Ivan Veljača |
| costumes designer: | Željka Franulović |
| music: | Hannes De Maeyer |
| producer: | Reinier Selen |
| co-producer: | Hans Everaert, Dirk Impens, Siniša Juričić, Daniele Mazzocca, Jacomien Nijhof |
| line producer: | Ben Bouwmeester |
| production: | Rinkel Film B.V., Menuet, EO/IKONdocs, Jaako dobra produkcija, Verdeoro |
| backing: | Netherlands Film Fund (NL), Netherlands Film Production Incentive (NL), Flanders Audiovisual Fund (BE), Lazio Cinema International (IT) |
| distributor: | Paradiso Filmed Entertainment Nederland |
