ZEVENKERKEN (2002)
 
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Video (DVC), color, sound, 52 min

The school of the abbey of Zevenkerken is one of the last boarding schools in Belgium. Frank Theys was asked by Bruges, Cultural Capital of Europe 2002, to make a social-cultural project with the student of the 5th grade of the school. He gave them a DV-camera for a couple of months to let them film their own life in the school. The film shows the daily atmosphere of the life in the boarding school. The atmosphere of Gombrovich or Musil’s novel ‘The Experiences of the young Törless’ is never far away.
 
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