Patrick | De Patrick | Haifa 40th International Film Festival

With its glum humour, striking aesthetic, poignant themes and acres of desiccated exposed flesh, the debut feature from Tim Mielants (Peaky Blinders) is destined to stake a claim on numerous sun loungers around the festival circuit

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Archive - Festival 35
Director: Tim Mielants
Belgium 2019
97 minutes
Dutch
Subtitles in Hebrew, English

Patrick lives with his parents on a naturist campsite. When his father dies he finds himself in charge of the campsite. But Patrick has other things on his mind, he has lost his favourite hammer. The long-term residents want Patrick to do something with his life but he is more interested in finding his hammer. His obsessive search becomes an existential quest to find himself...

Winner of the Best Director Award at the Karlovy Vary Festival, PATRICK is a tragicomedy about man’s peculiarities, about letting go and being happy with who you are.

Feature Debut

Director Tim Mielants
Production Bart Van Langendonck, Sarah Marks
Script Tim Mielants, Benjamin Sprengers
Cinematography Frank van den Eeden
Editing Alain Dessauvage
Music Geert Hellings
Festivals Karlovy Vary (Best Director Award)
Actors Kevin Janssens, Pierre Bokma, Hannah Hoekstra, Ariane van Vliet, Jemaine Clement
Source Beta Cinema, Munich