Two young man share an incurable illness. Is their love for the women in their lives strong enough to conquer their fear of dying?
Acting
Stef Aerts carries the whole movie on his collapsing lungs.
Direction
Van Nuffel makes oxygen tanks weirdly intimate.
Director
Hans Van Nuffel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of '00s Belgian cinema exploring working-class bodily decay, following the Dardenne brothers' influence.
The original title 'Adem' means 'breath' — the entire film is structured around inhalations and the spaces between them.
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