Fatilou M.
hetpaleis & Martha!tentatief/Bart Van Nuffelen
dates
Fri 05.09, 14:00
Fri 05.09, 20:00
€22 / €24 / €26
UITPAS: €4,4
-18: €15
Drama Date: €25
+ Q&A after the 20:00 performance
location
Kunstencentrum VIERNULVIER
duration
60 min
language
Dutch
No supertitles
Dutch ★★★☆ (you should have a good understanding of Dutch and be able to say some things)
Info
From the jury
“Fatilou M. presents a powerful, original, and emotional story that resonates with both young and old. The scenography, handmade models, and the play with light and shadow immediately drew us into the narrative. The performance also touches on sensitive social issues, such as the education system and social exclusion, without ever becoming preachy.”
Rena is fourteen. She expects nothing from life, nothing from herself, nothing from school. And everyone is allowed to know that. She sets the mood in class, she is loud and sassy. Until in the middle of the school year a new pupil joins the class, who disappears just as suddenly after a few months: Fatilou. Since then, something has changed in the class. Most of all for Rena.
What if your whole universe is suddenly turned upside down and you are finally truly seen? Rena tries to grasp what happened to her and, together with her class, makes a film about Fatilou, the girl who appeared and disappeared.
Fatilou M. is the portrait of two contemporary heroines in young people’s language, played by Ahlaam Teghadouini and Prisca-Agnes Nishimwe/Nira De Groof, directed by Bart Van Nuffelen and Fien Leysen. Anthony Nti, Chingiz Karibekov and Remy M. Ndow bring the class to life with a film in collaboration with the Spectrumschool (Deurne). The students act in the film after intensive acting coaching from actor Soufiane Chilah and helped make the props. Writer and director Bart Van Nuffelen wrote a text based on numerous testimonies, after months of preliminary research at Antwerp schools together with performer and musician Prisca-Agnes Nishimwe.
Fatilou M. is, after Dinska Bronska and Dounia B., the third part of a theatrical triptych about young people growing up in the city.
FAMILY FRIENDLY
12+
ACCESSIBILITY
Reviews
"Fatilou M. proves that the input of non-professionals can be exactly the strength of a piece."
"With great naturalness, Teghadouini first portrays the rebellious girl and later the sensitive teenager."
Credits
Performance: Ahlaam Teghadouini, Prisca-Agnes Nishimwe / Niragire De Groof
Music: Prisca-Agnes Nishimwe, Michiel Van Cleuvenbergen
Script and text: Bart Van Nuffelen
Direction: Bart Van Nuffelen, Fien Leysen
Script, direction and artistic direction (film): Anthony Nti, Chingiz Karibekov, Remy M. Ndow
Cast (film): Samira El Azzouti Aberkan, Fathi Hasan Mohammed, Marcelrita Makdonald, Najma Mustaf Mohamed, Manon Proost, Elizabeth Sucacueze, Jayh With, Roxiha Urban Llanchelian
Youth acting coaching (film): Soufiane Chilah
Set construction (film): students and teachers of Spectrumschool, Deurne
Director of photography (film): Stefan Van Diest, Diren Agbaba
Set mixer (film): Vincent Struelens
Costume (film): Wim Muyllaert
Electrician (film): Nick Matthé
Costume design: Nushi Lambreva
Dramaturgy: Silke De Bruyne, Jenne Van daele
Scenography execution: Elke and Bruno
Research: Bart Van Nuffelen, Prisca-Agnes Nishimwe
Light design: Tim Clement
Sound design: Bob Hermans
Text and direction coaching: Johan Petit
Text (stage): Teun Renkema
Text corrections: students of 7th year car electronics (Spectrumschool Deurne)
Lighting technician: Steven Brys
Sound and video technician: Patrick Romain
Set execution: Danny Havermans
Stage technician: Tiffany Klink
General production management: Jenne Van daele
Technical production management: Evelien Vanden Boer
Production assistance (stage): Nena Grieten
Educational support: Noriko Beyens, Silke De Bruyne
Production and technical realisation: hetpaleis, Martha!tentatief
With the support of: the Belgian Federal Government’s tax shelter scheme via Casa Kafka Pictures
Special thanks to: Jacky Van Riet, Nenalina Maes, Renee Van Nuffelen, Rik Van Nuffelen, Sander Vermeiren, Syra Baum
With heartfelt thanks to: the many students and teachers of the Spectrumschool Deurne (especially Veerle Van Bauwel, Heidi Wulff, Mieke Geussens and Christine Hannes)