Synopsis
Khavaj, a young MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) fighter, fled Chechnya when his brother discovered his homosexuality and promised to kill him, under the persecution of Kadyrov’s regime. In Brussels, facing the shock of exil, he is struck by mutism. The only link that he keeps with Chechnya are the vocal messages that his mother sends him.
The film traces Khavaj’s first months in Belgium. Forced to live in total anonymity to escape the Chechnyan diaspora, he will try to build a new identity.
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- Executive Producer : Dublin Films
- Co-production : Maelstrom Studios
- Foreign production company : Need Productions
- Film exports/foreign sales : CAT&Docs
Full credits (13)
- Executive Producer : David Hurst
- Assistant Director : Sonam Larcin
- Foreign producers : Anne-Laure Guégan, Géraldine Sprimont
- Sound recordist : Hélène Clerc-Denizot
- Screenwriters : Reka Valerik, Anais Llobert
- Co-producer : Jacques Parmentier
- Director of Photography : Arnaud Alberola
- Production manager : Géraldine Sprimont
- Editor : Jeanne Oberson
- Sound editors : N'Dembo Ziavoula, Julie Brenta
- Grader : Lucie Bruneteau
- Sound mixer : Aline Gavroy
- Post-production supervisor : Damien Cabut
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- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Sub-genre : Psychological drama, Portrait
- Themes : Exile, Exodus, Homosexuality, Politics
- Production language : English, Chechen, French, Flemish
- Coproducer countries : France (70.0%), Belgium (30.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Belgium)
- Production year : 2020
- Runtime : 51 min 28 seconds
- Visa number : 152.050
- Visa issue date : 26/08/2020
- Production formats : HD - Digital video
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Digital 5.1
- Rating restrictions : None
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