The district of Molenbeek-Saint-Jean in Brussels has become world-famous as a center of jihadism, but for six-year-old Aatos and his friend Amine, it is a familiar home. Here, they listen to spiders, discover black holes, and fight about what is going to steer a flying carpet. Together they search for the answers to life's big questions. But the brutality of the adult world makes itself known when terrorists detonate a bomb in the neighborhood. Aaatos envies Amine's Muslim faith and looks for his own gods, although his classmate Flo questions him; she is strongly convinced that anyone who believes in God is completely nuts. Gods of Molenbeek is a wonderful portrayal of childhood friendship, inquiry and the creation of meaning in a chaotic time.
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Directing | Reetta Huhtanen | Director |
Sound | Tuomas Nikkinen | Original Music Composer |
Production | Alex Tondowski | Producer |
Editing | Jamin Benazzouz | Editor |
Sound | Reetta Huhtanen | Sound |
Production | Hanne Phlypo | Producer |
Production | Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen | Producer |
Camera | Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen | Director of Photography |
Sound | Bert Aerts | Sound Editor |
Sound | Cassis Birgit Staudt | Sound |
Production | Iris Pakulla | Producer |
Writing | Reetta Huhtanen | Screenplay |