Black (2015 Belgian film)

Black
Film poster
Directed byAdil El Arbi
Bilall Fallah
Written byAdil El Arbi
Bilall Fallah
Based onBlack
by Dirk Bracke
Back
by Dirk Bracke
StarringMartha Canga Antonio
Aboubakr Bensaihi
CinematographyRobrecht Heyvaert
Music byHannes De Maeyer
Release dates
  • 11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) (TIFF)
  • 11 November 2015 (2015-11-11) (Belgium)
Running time
95 minutes
CountryBelgium
LanguagesFrench
Dutch
Arabic

Black is a 2015 Belgian crime film written and directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah,[1] based on the books Black and Back by Dirk Bracke.[2] The film is centered around two young gangsters who seek love, but are impeded by the rivalry between their gang allegiances.

The plot line is influenced by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Arthur Laurent's West Side Story but relocates the story to street gangs in modern-day Brussels, Belgium. It premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival, where it was screened in the Discovery section.[3]

  1. ^ "Black Review". Variety. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Black ~ Official site". black-themovie.com. Archived from the original on 18 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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