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The Boat Race (2009)
Directed by Bernard Bellefroid
Overview
Alex, 15, lives alone with his dad, enduring relentless physical violence, rebelling against everyone. To escape from this daily life, Alex rows on the Meuse river, and has only one obsession: to win the Belgian Singles Championships at any cost. Sergi, his coach, and Muriel, the young girl he’s in love with, will enable Alex to rediscover the human values he has lost. A long and tough learning curve…
Length 100 minutes
Actors
Joffrey Verbruggen | Thierry Hancisse | Sergi López | Pénélope-Rose Lévèque | David Murgia | Hervé Sogne | Jean-François Wolff | Manuela Servais | Norbert Rutili | Stéphanie Blanchoud | Valérie Bodson