De hel van Tanger (2006)

Director:

Frank van Mechelen

Writer:

Paul Piedfort (writer)

Release Date:

15 March 2006 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Although the film itself is fictitious, it is partly based on real events that occurred in 1996. In August 1996...

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Nadia Abdelouafi	...	Naïma
Mohamed Bari	...	Chef in de cel
Rachid Benbouchta	...	Cipier #2
Mostafa Benkerroum	...	Babazia
Peter Bolhuis	...	Jack Scholten
Warre Borgmans	...	Jozef Van Zuylen
Axel Daeseleire	...	Wim Moreels
Wim Danckaert	...	Kabinetschef de Winne
Sophie Decleir	...	Journaliste
Michael De Cock	...	Sociaal Assistant
Mieke De Groote	...	Rita Van Loock
Veerle De Jonghe	...	Veronique (as Veerle Dejonghe)
Billy Eelen	...	Matias (5 years)
Ossyane El Hassouni	...	Berani
Azdine Gharbaoui	...	Openbare aanklager
Peter Gorissen	...	Rudy Vermeersch
Abdelmalek Kadi	...	Gevangenisdirecteur (as Abdelmalek Kadi)
Gert Lahousse	...	Agent in burger
Nacer Nafti	...	Voorzitter
Els Olaerts	...	Agnes Van Loock
Filip Peeters	...	Marcel Van Loock
Carl Ridders	...	Geuzenbroek
Kyoko Scholiers	...	Inge Van Loock
Hicham Slaoui	...	Cipier #1 / Hakim
Johan van Assche	...	Jean-Pierre Surdiacourt
Emile Van Hamme	...	Matias (3 years)
Brahim Waabach	...	Madi
Ali Wauters	...	Ahmed

Country:

Belgium

Language:

French | Dutch | Arabic

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

Finland:K-13 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Fort van Liezele, Belgium

Company:

Skyline Film & Television

Trivia:

The real-life Marcel van Loock, on interviews with whom this movie is based, attended the premiere in Brussels. After the movie was over, he emotionally collapsed and needed to be left in peace for about twenty minutes.

Quotes:

Rudy Vermeersch: Marcel, those pills... What are they for?
Marcel Van Loock: The beds are comfortable, aren't they?
Rudy Vermeersch: Are they for what l think they're for?
Marcel Van Loock: At least, they're better than the floor.
Rudy Vermeersch: Marcel.
Marcel Van Loock: l need them, Rudy.
Rudy Vermeersch: What do you need?
Marcel Van Loock: The certainty that if l can't take it anymore, l can put an end to it.
Rudy Vermeersch: Being hungry, cold, humiliated, a man can take all that.But the daily battle with your own thoughts, that's a different matter. lf things aren't right in your head, then you're finished, Marcel. Then you're really finished.

a movie need u to wait for the end

I nearly cried when I finally reached to the end of this movie, Marcel is the focus of the movie, but his family, which had done so much for him to rescue him made me shocked. This movie was said to be adapted partly from the truth in 1996, if it is, the ....prison life in Morocco is really ... horrific. The attitude of the Government makes people feel disappointed. Marcel survived finally because he has his wife and daughter and his brother in law and all the people who have conscience with in their hearts support him. Rudy's end is a pity. I debt whether Marcel could have been survived from the hard beginning of his jail life if he had never met Rudy. whatever inside or outside jail, people who in their life can find such a good friend, and survived from such bad situation could be so called the lucky ones. Anyway, a very good movie, and very good movie music. All the elements in this film tell me to treasure my current life.