Ben X (2007)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Nic Balthazar

Guionista:

Nic Balthazar (novel)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

26 septiembre 2007 (Belgium)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Everything's dare

Plot:

As an alternative to getting bullied at school, an autistic teenager retreats into the world of online role-playing games.

Plot Keywords:

Computer | Role Playing Game | Computer Game | Train | Online

Premios:

6 wins & 1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

An unusual offering, perhaps a cult film in the making???

Reparto

Marijke Pinoy	...	Mother
Greg Timmermans	...	Ben
Cesar De Sutter	...	Jonas
Gilles De Schrijver	...	Coppola (as Gilles De Dchryver)
Bavo Smets	...	Ben - 6 years
Katrien Pierlet	...	Kleuterjuf
Rebecca Lenaerts	...	Opvoedster
Maarten Claeyssens	...	Desmet
Titus De Voogdt	...	Bogaert
Pol Goossen	...	Father
Michel Bauwens	...	Oorarts
Koen De Sutter	...	Oogarts
Peter De Graef	...	Psychiater
An Van Gijsegem	...	Maaike
Jakob Beks	...	Metal teacher
Johan Heldenbergh	...	Religion teacher
Mattieu Sys	...	Classmate (as Matthieu Sys)
Jonas Dumon	...	Classmate
Ilja Van Autreve	...	Classmate (as Ilya Van Autreve)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Ron Cornet	...	School principal
Wim De Vilder	...	Journal Anker
Wim De Witte	...	Doctor
Luc Premer	...	Oud Vrouwtje
Mark Soen	...	Doctor
Willem Van Cauwenberghe	...	Doctor
Wim Vandekeybus	...	Horse man
Tania Van der Sanden	...	Sabine
Dirk van Dijck	...	Policeman
Koen van Impe	...	Policeman
Dominique Van Malder	...	Verpleger
Boris Van Severen	...	Classmate (as Boris Van Severen)
Laura Verlinden	...	Scarlite
Ivan Boeckmans	...	Cameraman (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Nic Balthazar

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Nic Balthazar		novel "Niets is alles wat hij zei" and play "Niets

Producida por
Burny Bos	....	producer
Peter Bouckaert	....	producer
Winnie Enghien	....	co-producer
Erwin Provoost	....	producer
Michiel de Rooij	....	producer
Sabine Veenendaal	....	producer

Música original por
Praga Khan

Fotografía por
Lou Berghmans

Montaje por
Philippe Ravoet

Casting
Gunter Schmid

Diseño de producción por
Kurt Loyens

Dirección artística
Kurt Loyens

Diseño de vestuario por
Heleen Heintjes

Departamento de maquillaje
Esther De Goey	....	makeup artist

Dirección de producción
Alexandra Meese	....	post-production incharge
Johan van den Driessche	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Eddy Stevesyns	....	first assistant director

Departamento de sonido
Jan Deca	....	sound: second unit
Peter Flamman	....	sound designer
Coen Gravendaal	....	sound
Alex Hudd	....	sound consultant: dolby
Fabien Pochet	....	adr mixer
Michel Schillings	....	foley recording mixer
Philippe van Leer	....	foley artist
Joeri Verspecht	....	boom operator
Wart Wamsteker	....	sound designer

Visual Effects
Bert Deruyck	....	digital compositor
Annabelle Troukens	....	visual effects producer

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Anton Mertens	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jo Vermaercke	....	Steadicam operator

Departamento de Edición
Peter Bernaers	....	colorist
Charles Godin	....	assistant editor

Otros miembros del equipo
Zowie Boone	....	location manager trainee
Liesbeth de Wilde	....	assistant location manager
Wim Goossens	....	location manager
Femke Moonen	....	set location assistant
Caroline Steenhaut	....	runner

Compañías Productores

• MMG Film & TV Production

Distribuidores

• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Film Movement (2008) (USA) (all media) (subtitled)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) (2007) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Otras Compañías

• Bos Bros. Film & TV Productions  co-production
• Films Distribution  sales agency

También conocida como:

Ben X (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

93 min

País:

Belgium | Netherlands

Idioma:

Holandés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby SR

Clasificación:

Netherlands:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Germany:12 | Finland:K-13 | Sweden:15 | Denmark:15 | UK:15 | Argentina:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Brugge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Compañía:

MMG Film & TV Production

Trivialidades:

The MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) in the movie is the real life game, Archlord.

Citas:

[first lines]
Ben: [voiceover] It's hard to explain. It's hard to explain myself. But I never tell lies. Everything I say is true, even when I don't say a thing.

Conexiones de Película:

Remade as Untitled Ben X Remake (2009)

An unusual offering, perhaps a cult film in the making???

STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning

With the film adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time seemingly abandoned, it seemed that Rain Man was the closest I would get to seeing a film about someone with Asperger's Syndrome, the condition I've admitted to having. But out of nowhere, along comes this offering from the Netherlands (with characters speaking in what surely sounds like German!), which has gained some acclaim but seems unlikely to become anything more than a cult offering. It's essentially just your typical boy-getting-bullied-at-school drama, with a talking heads docu-drama feel thrown in along with some effectively unpleasant scenes of bullying (including forcing an ecstasy tablet down the victim's throat in the end to blot it out) as well as clever touches as using the boy's obsession with online video games to compliment fighting with his enemies in real life. It's a string of original touches strung together to make one film, and while it doesn't fit together perfectly as a film, it's certainly great that an effort like this is bringing the condition so upfront in people's faces. ***