Sammy Raes, a nice, naive law-freshman from a simple family, dies in a form of hazing known as the 'flying carpet'. The father of the arrogant fraternity president Guy Bogaerts who ordered this reckless procedure abuses his connections to prevent a judicial homicide conviction, while the college authorities prefer to avoid a scandal in the press. However Sammy's freshmen friends Tom Smits and Denn
Acting
Tom Van Landuyt's quietly devastating transformation from witness to activist.
Direction
Van Looy's clinical restraint makes the horror feel bureaucratically inevitable.
Writing
The institutional dialogue cuts deeper than any physical violence.
Director
Erik Van Looy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'flying carpet' hazing was based on real 1975 Belgian university deaths that were covered up for decades.
Director Erik Van Looy was only 31 and used actual Ghent University locations, causing administrative panic during filming.
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