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Twenty five years after Daens (nominated for Best Foreign Language Oscar), director Stijn Coninx once again teams up with Jan Decleir (Daens, Memory of a Killer, Karakter) who plays the the grandfather. Viviane De Muynck (Time of my Life, Speechless) plays the grandmother. The brothers Mo and Kes Bakker and Jonas Van Geel play David at different ages.
Oct 10, 2018 · by Stijn Coninx. synopsis. November 9, 1985. A gang carried out a bloody raid on the Delhaize Supermarket in Aalst, Belgium. The so-called Brabant Killers brutally murdered eight innocent people, among whom were Gilbert, Thérèse and Rebecca Van de Steen. Nine-year old David Van de Steen, although critically injured, survived the shooting.
When the Light Comes (Belgium: Licht, Netherlands: Waar blijft het licht, Germany: Die Stunde des Lichts) is a 1998 German-Dutch [1] /Belgian romantic adventure film drama directed by Stijn Coninx, and starring Francesca Vanthielen, Joachim Król and Rick Engelkes. The film is based on an autobiography of the then 19-year-old student in ...
An in-depth review of the film Soeur Sourire (2009), directed by Stijn Coninx.
Oct 10, 2018 · Stijn Coninx, a successful Flemish director, sheds light on the unresolved turmoil surrounding a bloody event that took place in recent Belgian history, the Brabant Killings, which resulted in 28 individuals killed and 22 wounded between 1982 and 1985.
In one fell swoop, nine-year old David Van de Steen lost his mother, his father and his sister in an attack by the Brabant Killers in Aalst. His grandfather, Albert, has the well-nigh impossible task of giving David a new perspective on life, a future.
Stijn Coninx is known as an Director, Writer, Creator, Screenplay, Actor, Set Decoration, Assistant Director, Producer, and First Assistant Director. Some of his work includes Marina, Priest Daens, Sister Smile, Don't Shoot, Koko Flanel, Hector, Visions of Europe, and When the Light Comes.
