The Barons have a motto: "slack off more to live longer." Every human being is born with a credit of steps. Every step you take brings you closer to death. We Barons know this from the start.
Writing
The gloriously stupid step-counting philosophy.
Acting
Fellag's scene-stealing R.G. — chaotic uncle energy.
Director
Nabil Ben Yadir
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Molenbeek before it became global shorthand for terrorism, capturing a specific pre-2015 Brussels working-class Moroccan-Belgian experience rarely seen on screen.
The 'step philosophy' was improvised in rehearsals; Ben Yadir built the entire film around this dumb-brilliant idea his actors invented.
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