Archive of films Patrick / De Patrick
Belgium
2019, 97 min
Section:
Official Selection - Competition
Year: 2019
Patrick is in charge of maintenance at a naturist campsite owned by his father. His workshop is as well-ordered as his life, but nothing lasts forever. The loss of Patrick’s favourite hammer has a profound effect on him and sets off a chain of events from which the pensive lad emerges as a new man. A tragicomedy about the importance of keeping an eye on your tools, about existential nudity, among other things, and about people for whom a trailer is their whole world.
Synopsis
Patrick lives at a naturist campsite owned by his father. His life is as well-ordered as his meticulously tidy workshop – that is until he loses his favourite hammer. The missing tool sets off a chain of events that not only affects Patrick, but also reveals the true nature of the camp residents: their appearance may not leave much to the imagination, but they’re undeniably keeping a lot of stuff under wraps. He discovers that the certainties he had banked on are no longer guaranteed, and the young man is forced to find a dose of self-confidence that he never needed before. Mielants’ breezy tragicomedy conveys us to a world where homemade jams and camper vans provide the props for an existential quest for dignity – which is within reach even if the option of wearing trousers is entirely alien to you.
Anna Kořínek
About the director

Tim Mielants (Belgium). Selected filmography: The Tunnel (2016, TV series), Cordon (2017, TV series), Peaky Blinders (2017, TV series), Legion (2017, TV series), The Terror (2018, TV series), Patrick (2019)
Contacts
Beta Cinema GmbH
Grünwalder Weg 28d, 820 41, Oberhaching/Munich
Germany
Tel: +49 896 734 698 828
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.betacinema.com
Publicity contact
Stephen Lan
E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | Official Selection - Competition |
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Director: | Tim Mielants |
Screenplay: | Tim Mielants, Benjamin Sprengers |
Dir. of Photography: | Frank van den Eeden |
Music: | Geert Hellings |
Editor: | Alain Dessauvage |
Art Director: | Hubert Pouille, Pepijn Van Looy |
Producer: | Bart Van Langendonck, Sarah Marks |
Production: | Savage Film |
Coproduction: | Versus Production, Topkapi Films, Eyeworks Film & TV Drama |
Cast: | Kevin Janssens, Pierre Bokma, Hannah Hoekstra, Ariane van Vliet, Jemaine Clement |
Sales: | Beta Cinema GmbH |
Contact: | Stephen Lan |
Guests

Cosima Finkbeiner
Sales Agent

Stephen Lan
Publicist

Tim Mielants
Film Director

Geert Hellings
Music Composer

Benjamin Sprengers
Screenwriter

Bart Van Langendonck
Producer

Sarah Marks
Producer

Nils Dezaeger
Assistant Producer

Ariane Van Vliet
Actress

Alain Dessauvage
Film Editor

Thorsten Ritter
Sales Agent