Director
Christina Vandekerckhove
Composer
Stijn Ylode De Gezelle
Cast
Matteo Simoni, Basil Wheatley, Alexia Depicker, Jo Deseure
Edition 2024
119'
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2024
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Drama
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Format:
DCP
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Dialogue:
Dutch
After her acclaimed documentary Rabot, Christina Vandekerckhove transitions to fiction with Milano, a poignant tale about a father and his deaf son, starring Matteo Simoni and newcomer Basil Wheatley. Set in a social housing neighborhood, the film explores the emotional strains that arise when the boy seeks to connect with his estranged biological mother.
What happens after years of making documentaries? For Christina Vandekerckhove, who made waves in 2017 with Rabot, a powerful documentary about the last residents of three social housing towers, the answer is that certain real-life encounters, situations, and people linger in your mind. "They became the spark for Milano," Vandekerckhove admitted in 2023. "The rest is imagination." In her fiction debut - though her award-winning short films Mia and Stella were early steps in this direction - the Ghent filmmaker focuses on Alain (played by Matteo Simoni), a single father raising his deaf son Milano (newcomer Basil Wheatley) in a social housing neighborhood. As Alain strives to create a better life for his 11-year-old son, their relationship is strained when Milano expresses a desire to meet his biological mother and finds support in a wealthy neighbor. Milano is an emotional and poetic exploration of parenthood and friendship, blending the rawness of reality with the sensitivity of fiction.
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Credits
Directors
Christina Vandekerckhove
Composers
Stijn Ylode De Gezelle
Cast
Matteo Simoni, Basil Wheatley, Alexia Depicker, Jo Deseure
Scenario
Christina Vandekerckhove
Director of Photography
Frederic Van Zandycke
Editors
Jan Van Der Weken
Producers
Annemie Degryse, Jan De Clercq
Production studios
Lunanime
Distributor
Lumière Publishing
More info
Dialogue
Dutch
Countries of production
Belgium, The Netherlands
Year
2024
Filmography
Christina Vandekerckhove
Rabot (2017), Stella (short, 2020), Sofie Decleir in Mia (short, 2020), Milano (2024).
Technical Specs
Format
DCP