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Elias or the Fight with the Nightingales 

Set on the eve of World War I, this poetic coming-of-age drama follows Elias, a sensitive twelve-year-old dreamer living on an isolated country estate. Raised by an eccentric, overprotective family detached from reality, Elias finds refuge in nature and his vivid imagination to escape his internal struggles. His fragile childhood bubble is shattered when he learns he will soon be sent away to a strict boarding school. During his final summer at home, Elias experiences a bittersweet emotional awakening shaped by three relatives: his older cousin and close companion Aloysius, his young cousin Hermine, who harbors a subtle infatuation for him, and his beautiful, melancholic Aunt Henriette, who serves as a dramatic muse. Based on Maurice Gilliams’ modernist classic, the film is a nostalgic, melancholic portrait of a boy forced to leave his idyllic fantasies behind and face the adult world.
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Set on the eve of World War I, this poetic coming-of-age drama follows Elias, a sensitive twelve-year-old dreamer living on an isolated country estate. Raised by an eccentric, overprotective family detached from reality, Elias finds refuge in nature and his vivid imagination to escape his internal struggles. His fragile childhood bubble is shattered when he learns he will soon be sent away to a strict boarding school. During his final summer at home, Elias experiences a bittersweet emotional awakening shaped by three relatives: his older cousin and close companion Aloysius, his young cousin Hermine, who harbors a subtle infatuation for him, and his beautiful, melancholic Aunt Henriette, who serves as a dramatic muse. Based on Maurice Gilliams’ modernist classic, the film is a nostalgic, melancholic portrait of a boy forced to leave his idyllic fantasies behind and face the adult world.

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Genre:Drama
Directed By:Klaas Rusticus
Written By:Fernand Auwera, Klaas Rusticus
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Runtime:80 minutes
Studio:CinéTé bvba, CinéTé Amsterdam, Belgische Radio en Televisie, Nederlandse Omroepstichting (NOS)

Cast

Director

Klaas Rusticus

Director

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Brikke Smets

Elias

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Jimmi de Koning

Aloysius

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Lotte Pinoy

Hermine

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Bien de Moor

Tante Henriette

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Viviane de Muynck

Tante Zenobie

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Roland Ramaekers

Oom Augustin

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Toon Brouwers

Vader

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Marie-Louise Conings

Huishoudster

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Mia Van Roy

Moeder

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Cara Van Wersch

Grootmoeder

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