Fatilou M.
A portrait of two modern-day heroines in an unfinished language
hetpaleis & Martha!tentatief/Bart Van Nuffelen
for everyone from 12 year
Rena is 14. She expects nothing from life, nothing from herself, nothing from school. And she makes sure everyone knows it. She sets the tone in the classroom; she’s loud and cheeky. Until, halfway through the school year, a new pupil joins the class, only to disappear just as suddenly after a few months: Fatilou. Since then, something has changed in the classroom. Most of all for Rena.
Thanks to the hilarious way in which Rena directs her classmates in her cool, casual language, and the cheerful panache with which the pupils on screen re-enact their own reality, optimism and a zest for life prevail.
What if your whole world is suddenly turned upside down and people finally truly see you? Rena tries to make sense of what happened to her and, together with her Society and Well-being class, makes a film about Fatilou, the girl who appeared and disappeared.
Fatilou M. is a portrait of two contemporary heroines in an unfinished language, directed by Bart Van Nuffelen and Fien Leysen. Anthony Nti, Chingiz Karibekov and Remy M. Ndow bring the class to life through film in collaboration with the Spectrum School (Deurne). The pupils act in the film and helped to make the props.
Following Dinska Bronska and Dounia B., Fatilou M. is the third instalment in a theatrical trilogy about young people growing up in the city.
want to learn more about Fatilou M.
- Listen to the interview with Bart Van Nuffelen (Culture Club - Radio1) (in Dutch)
- Watch the interview by the ambassadors (in Dutch)
- Read the interview with Ahlaam Teghadouini and Prisca-Agnes Nishimwe (in Dutch)
- Watch the teaser
- Fatilou M. was recommended by VRT as one of the 10 plays to look forward to in 2025 (in Dutch)
- Read reviews by pzazz and Etcetera (in Dutch)
- ATV made a report for 100% cultuur (in Dutch)
