present a film by Dominique Deruddere length 95 minutes release date April 2nd 2014 table of content synopsis ................................................................................................................................................... 3 intro by ludo poppe .................................................................................................................................... 4 personages | cast - jamie dornan ................................................................................................................................ 5 - charlotte de bruyne ...................................................................................................................... 6 - jan decleir ................................................................................................................................... 7 dominique deruddere about the cast ........................................................................................................... 8 cv director dominique deruddere .............................................................................................................. 12 cast ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 crew ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 technical details ...................................................................................................................................... 15 contact .................................................................................................................................................. 16 ‘Flying Home’ is Dominique Deruddere's 9th feature film after ‘Crazy Love’ (1987), ‘Wait Until Spring Bandini’ (1989), ‘Hombres Complicados’ (1998) and 'Firmin' (2007). In particular, 'Everybody Famous’ (2001) has put Dominique on the international map with an Oscar Nomination for Best Foreign Film. ‘Flying Home’ is a production of Otomatic and Mauna Kea Films. The film will be released in cinemas through KFD on April 2nd, 2014. www.FLYINGHOME.be page 2 of 16 synopsis Colin, an ambitious American investment banker, proposes one of his potential customers - a rich Arab sheik and passionate pigeon fancier - a deal: if he can convince the Flemish pigeon fancier Jos Pauwels to sell his champion dove then the Sheikh do business with him. Colin sets of for Flanders and pretends to be a teacher. But when he meets the stubborn owner, and his beautiful granddaughter Isabelle, he realizes that his assignment will be more difficult than he had hoped. www.FLYINGHOME.be page 3 of 16 intro by producer ludo poppe A PARABLE OF LOVE It’s not easy to push writer-director Dominique Deruddere in a box. He’s too sober to lose himself into art-house, but too imposing to make ordinary commercial genre films. Dominique creates his own world like few directors dare to do. In those worlds all stories are easy but the lessons of life are great. The protagonists behave simply, without useless depth, because everything is in the spirit of a bigger lesson in life. From ‘Crazy Love’ till ‘Hombres Complicados’ till ‘Everybody Famous’, Dominique directs as a parable-teller. Four years ago, I met Dominique Deruddere for the first time in Los Angeles where he lives in voluntary exile. The exuberant life in Brussels started to take its toll and especially his wife Lorette insisted on a cleansing treatment, far away from the nightlife. He then made a choice and discovered a big truth: nothing is more important than to be near your loved ones. It’s no coincidence that this big truth is to be found in his next film. ‘Flying Home’ is a parable of love: how love is more important than all the rest and that you have to sacrifice everything for it. Again, Deruddere creates his own world, with a sheikh, an American yuppie and a Flemish village that came out of the former century. With all these ingredients, Deruddere made a very beautiful love story, which reminds the viewer of what’s important in life, after which he will leave satisfied the room. Ludo Poppe, Producer www.FLYINGHOME.be page 4 of 16 characters | cast colin | jamie dornan Colin Montgommery has it all. He's young, rich, handsome, intelligent and successful. He lives in New York, ‘on top of the world’. He lives only for his work, has barely a social life, and is willing to go to great lengths to get what he wants. He is a ruthless businessman who does not deviate from his path until he ends up in Flanders, and there he discovers that there is more to life than money and power… jamie dornan | colin Jamie Dornan (°1982, Belfast, Noord-Ierland) is an actor, known for ‘Marie-Antoinette’ (2006), ‘Shadows in the Sun’ (2009) and ‘Beyond the Rave’ (2008). At the age of fourteen Jamie participated in an amateur drama group and performed different plays all over Ireland, including ‘The Cherry Orchard’ of Anton Chekov. In 2001 his sister Liesa encouraged him to take part in a new tv-show on Channel 4, ‘Model Behavior’. He was selected and although he did not make it to the finals, the program launched his career because he was spotted by many agencies. One year later Jamie dropped his studies to become a professional model. He became a well known face in the model world and in 2003 he met Keira Knightly. Thanks to her he made his first steps in the world of big screen movies (Keira introduced him to her agent) and he played his first feature ‘Marie-Antoinette’ of Sophia Coppola. In 2004 Jamie became the face of Calvin Klein. He posed many years for different brands but in 2012 he decided to focus on his acting career. He did the final season of ‘Once upon a time’ and got the lead role of serial killer Paul Spector in the BBC Two crime drama series ‘The Fall’. He is set to portray the titular character of Christian Grey in the feature film adaptation of the best-selling novel Fifty Shades of Grey. www.FLYINGHOME.be page 5 of 16 isabelle | charlotte de bruyne Isabelle is studying biology at the University of Ghent. After the death of her father a few years ago, her mother moved back to the Netherlands and Isabelle now lives with her grandfather. She is a young, modern woman who happens to live in a village and is very satisfied with it. When Colin arrives in Bunderzele she is very curious to meet the young American. Not only because he’s a handsome man, but also because she’s very intrigued by his search for his ancestor's grave. charlotte de bruyne | isabelle Charlotte De Bruyne (° 1990, Ghent) started to follow theater workshops in 2002 at the Kopergietery in Ghent. She played in several stage productions including ‘Stand by Me’ by Gregory Caers and ‘Dark Green’ by Janni van Goor. In 2008 she started to work for theater Ontroerend Goed with the show ‘Adolescents Are Not’, after that she played in different representations of the company including 'A Game Of You', 'Intern', 'The Smile Off Your Face', 'Under the Influence' and 'A History of Everything’ (in collaboration with the Sydney Theatre Company). In 2012, Charlotte was a permanent member at the theater company. In 2008, she also attended the theater school of the KASK in Ghent. In 2011, Charlotte had the chance to be under the wings of Touching Well its first show, 'XXXO', which she made along with former colleague Nathalie Verbeke. 'XXXO' wins the 2012 Total Theatre Award for Best Young Work at the international theater festival in Edinburgh. This season Charlotte appeared in the new full-length album, ‘Little Black Spiders' by Patrice Toye, in which she played one of the lead roles. In the autumn of 2013 she played in the new representation of Ontroerend Goed, 'Fight Night', which was released in April 2013 at the Vooruit in Ghent. In 2014, Charlotte will be seen in 'Friends' by Cecilia Verheyden, together with Anemone Valcke. www.FLYINGHOME.be page 6 of 16 jos pauwels | jan decleir Jos is a retired village doctor and widower. In Bunderzele everybody looks up at him, not only because he is a righteous and well-read man, but also because Jos is an excellent fancier. He has a very intense and unique connection with his birds. His favorite, ‘Wittekop’, is very close to his heart ... jan decleir | jos pauwels Jan Decleir (° 1946, Niel) is one of Belgium's most honoured actors. He began his career in theater, with companies like KNS, De Internationale Nieuwe Scène and The Blue Monday Company. He also toured extensively with theater monologues by Dario Fo and Hugo Claus. In the early Seventies Jan Decleir debuted in 'Mira' (1971, Fons Rademakers). He acquired international fame with his part of father Daens in 'Daens' (1993, Stijn Coninx), a film nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. In the Oscar-winning film ‘Antonia’ (1995, Marleen Gorris) and 'Character' (1997, Mike van Diem) Jan Decleir is starred. In 'Character' he embodies the unwavering bailiff Dreverhaven, in 'Antonia' we see him as the somewhat introverted neighbor Bas. ‘The Alzheimer Case’ (2003, Erik Van Looy), in which Jan Decleir played the assassin Ledda, earned international acclaim. In the U.S., comparisons with superstars as Robert De Niro, Dennis Hopper, Anthony Hopkins and Gene Hackman were made. At the Montreal Film Festival in 2005 he received the prize for Best Actor for his role as John Roerhorst in 'Screen Off' (2005, Pieter Kuijpers), a film in which he appears next to the Dutch actor Jeroen Krabbé. Followed including parts in ‘Verlengd Weekend’ (2005, Hans Herbots), 'Wolfsbergen' (2006, Nanouk Leopold), 'Man zkt vrouw’ (2007, Miel Van Hoogenbemt) and ‘Les Barons’ (2009, Nabil Ben Yadir), 'With Man and Power’ (2012, Lenaerts & Van Dyck). In ‘Ich & Kaminski’ (2013, Wolfgang Becker), he played a remarkable role together with Geraldine Chaplin. www.FLYINGHOME.be page 7 of 16 dominique deruddere about ~ jamie dornan Dominique Deruddere:: ‘The actor we wanted for the role of Colin had to be someone that would be able to portray in a believable way the reversal of a ruthless businessman, who encounters himself in Flanders Fields and questions his lifestyle. Via our British casting agent Kate Dowd, I received a lot of resumes and tapes sent by young actors who fitted the picture 'handsome and successful', but no one appeared to have that ‘second layer’, which is so necessary for the main character. Jamie had more than his 'pretty boy' look at first revealed. I was immediately interested and a scene from the yet unfinished 'The Fall', the series directed by Jakob Verbruggen was decisive to me. This young fashion model turned out to be a solid actor! Further casting sessions with Jamie, and possible Isabelles, strengthened my impression that Jamie would be able to act out Colin's deceitful plan, without losing the viewer's sympathy for the main character. Jamie has managed to convey the increasing doubt and struggle of the main character with a lot of nuance and talent. He's an actor of whom we - of course also by his part in 'Fifty Shades of Grey’ - will hear a lot in the future worldwide, and I am delighted that two Belgian directors, Jakob Verbruggen and myself, might have been at the cradle a great career?’ ~ charlotte de bruyne Dominique Deruddere has rarely been searching for so long for an actor or actress, who would know bring to life what he had in mind. For the part of Isabelle every Flemish actress between twenty and thirty years, both known and unknown, did audition. And although he saw a wide range of very talented actresses – he did not find his Isabelle. Dominique Deruddere: ‘When Charlotte De Bruyne walked in I was so impressed by her presence that I immediately referred her to the last round after the reading of the first scene, in which four favorite actresses had to play a few scenes with Jamie to test the chemistry between the protagonists. ‘She's the best kisser,’ said Jamie after the last casting session when I asked him why he found Charlotte the best choice. He will undoubtedly be right about that kissing, but Charlotte is much more than that. She is an actress with such ease of talent that everything just seems to happen naturally. And yet she is a professional and she knows very well what she is doing. Thanks to her, Isabelle has not become a typical Flemish countryside girl. Charlotte's talent and personality made of Isabelle a modern young woman that happens to live in the countryside and seems pretty happy with it. For Colin Isabelle personifies everything he cannot find in New York: sincerity, naturalness, sensitivity. Charlotte has ensured that her character has all of these qualities, and the love that this successful businessman feels for this Flemish young woman, is completely believable.’ www.FLYINGHOME.be page 8 of 16 ~ jan decleir When writing the screenplay,, Dominique Deruddere envisioned Jan Decleir from the beginning. Dominique Deruddere:: ‘Who else could have played this part? The patriarch of the village, the loving grandfather, a passionate pigeon fancier. Jan can do anything, that we all know. Yet there was something he had to learn for this role - how to hold a pigeon. To prepare for the role, ro I went with Jan to see a fancier with whom we spent a few hours in the loft. It soon became clear that the typical gestures, such as the unfolding of the wings, checking the eyes and chest, are not easy to learn. So during his summer holidays in France France,, Jan got two pigeons to practice with. Each pigeon expert who will see the film will have to admit that Jan has mastered the gestures of the fancier to the smallest detail. Jan started actually to get attached to the pigeons in France. After months of practice, ctice, he left the door of the pigeon-cage pigeon open at the end of his vacation. ‘To see if the pigeons would see me and come back,’ he explained. The pigeons apparently loved only their mate because Jan never saw them again. They now live somewhere in France, France hopefully happily ever after.’ ~ viviane de muynck Viviane De Muynck worked years ago with Dominique Deruddere in 'Suite 16’. This collaboration went so well that I was hoping to make very quickly another film with Viviane. Still, it would take almost twenty years before we would work together again. Viviane is a class actress, a grand cru that gets better with age. For ‘Flying Home’ she is the voice of the people. Martha has spent her entire life in a small town (Bunderzele) and knows everything and everyone. ev Her initial mistrust of the U.S. 'intruder' evolves quite rapidly into warm sympathy and in that sense Martha symbolizes the friendly hospitality for which the Flemish people is known. When Colin shames the trust and when doubts increase, it is precisely Martha’s Martha revelation that gives him the courage to try to repair what he has broken. That revelation is an important key scene in the film and the way Viviane brings this scene to life and moved the spectator and Colin is typical for her great and unique talent.’ www.FLYINGHOME.be .be page 9 of 16 ~ josse de pauw With ‘Flying Home’ it is the sixth time that Josse De Pauw and Dominique Deruddere have worked together. Dominique Deruddere ‘Sometimes you know an actor too well. I know exactly when Josse plays but not really fits into his part. For the role of the priest, I hoped Josse would step out of his comfort zone to portray a character that was far away from his personality. When I saw his unprecedented achievement in the monologue 'Raymond', a part of the character he had to create was brought to life. I thought. It turned out that the pastor of Watou (of the presbytery where ‘Flying Home’ was filmed) was the decisive factor. To me, he was the living incarnation of what I had in mind, plus some extras. I could not wait to bring Josse and pastor together because I knew for sure that the man would inspire Josse. But Josse is no imitator, and he would not be Josse if he would just imitate the man. Perky and talented as he is Josse has put my ‘advices’ in a jar, shook it up, and what came out was a unique character that gave us a Josse De Pauw in top shape. A Josse as we have never seen him. If anyone would know, it's me.’ ~ ali suliman ‘I saw Ali Suliman for the first time in ‘Paradise Now’, a powerful film from 2005 by Hany Abu Assad, and I haven’t forgotten Ali. I was thrilled that he accepted the part of Sheikh Nayed. If anyone could give a human dignity to this character without falling into a kind of carnivalesque cliché of 'Sheikh' than it was Ali. My instincts proved I was right. He also thought it was very important that the sheikh would be presented as a man of flesh and blood. The introduction scene of the sheikh in his loft in Dubai is decisive and a beautiful illustration. Because creating the character of a sheikh who is a passionate pigeon fancier, without - unintentionally - making people laugh, is only given to certain class actors. To me, Ali succeeded one hundred percent in our stated goal. I will be eternally grateful to him for this.’ www.FLYINGHOME.be page 10 of 16 ~ anthony head ‘There are actors who arrive on your set, and the only thing you have to do is ‘sit back and enjoy the show’. Anthony Head is such an actor. He’s a pro that does every take exactly the same and yet always plays something completely different. Colin's father is an important character in the film to let us to understand why Colin is the man, he became. Anthony had only two scenes to create that complex father-son son relationship and he has ddone one so with great gusto. We only had one day of filming together, but it is a day which I enjoyed and I will not forget.’ ~ the dove in the movie The pigeon has a great mythical value in almost every culture and often symbolizes love and faithfulness. The parallel between the journey of the champion dove to his beloved and the search for Colin to his true happiness gives the story an underlying symbolic power. ~ the First World War in the movie The subplot of Colin’s grandfather, who was killed in the First First World War, makes the self-discovery self of Colin stronger. Colin is closely confronted with the fact that once hundreds of thousands of men younger than he is died for a cause. The fierce corporate raider who has lived only for himself comes to realize that there is more in life than ambition and financial gain. www.FLYINGHOME.be .be page 11 of 16 cv director dominique deruddere Dominique Deruddere (°1957, Turnhout) has been passionate about filmmaking since he was a child. Thanks to his older brother, who lent him his movie camera, young Dominique managed to make his own films, starting in super 8 at the age of fourteen (‘Oranje Licht’), proceeding to 16mm (‘Bedankt Ma’) before accessing to 35 mm (‘Wodka Orange’). After these shorts - made before, during and after his film school years, Deruddere collaborated with his childhood friend Marc Didden, co-writing the script of ‘Brussels by Night’ (1983) and playing a significant part in ‘Istanbul’ (1985). In 1986, the young director made the right pick when he decided to film a story by Charles Bukovski. Indeed what was intended as a thirty minute short was, thanks to a farseeing producer, expanded into a feature film. ‘Crazy Love’ (better known as ‘Love is a Dog from Hell’) was released worldwide, became a festival favorite and was unanimously acclaimed as an achievement. The film also drew the attention of Francis Ford Coppola who, through his Zoetrope production company, helped Deruddere to set up his next project, an adaptation of John Fante's ‘Bandini’, filmed in the USA in 1989, also distributed all over the world. Dominique Deruddere came back to the States in 2001 to defend his film ‘Everybody Famous’, which had been nominated for the Best Foreign Film Academy Award. Among Deruddere's other films are : ‘Suite 16’ (1994), ‘Hombres Complicados’ (1997), ‘Pour le Plaisir’ (2004) ... www.FLYINGHOME.be page 12 of 16 cast Colin Montgomery ................................................................................................................ JAMIE DORNAN Isabelle Pauwels ..................................................................................................... CHARLOTTE DE BRUYNE Jos Pauwels ............................................................................................................................ JAN DECLEIR Martha ....................................................................................................................... VIVIANE DE MUYNCK Priest ............................................................................................................................... JOSSE DE PAUW Sheik Abdullah Nayed ................................................................................................................ ALI SULIMAN father Colin ........................................................................................................................ ANTHONY HEAD mother Colin .................................................................................................................. SHARON MAUGHAN man in bar .......................................................................................................................... GENE BERVOETS and also : Max Perkis Numan Acar Mitchell Mullen Omar Bin Haider Piet Fuchs Eline Van der Velden www.FLYINGHOME.be page 13 of 16 crew director .................................................................................................................. DOMINIQUE DERUDDERE writer .................................................................................................................... DOMINIQUE DERUDDERE producer .................................................................................................. LUDO POPPE | MAUNA KEA FILMS .................................................................................... DOMINIQUE DERUDDERE | OTOMATIC PRODUCTIONS executive producer ............................................................................................................... MEG THOMSON ....................................................................................................................................... PHILIPP STEFFENS ............................................................................................................................................... COTTY CHUB ...................................................................................................................................... PIETER VAN HUYCK ............................................................................................................................................. KRIS SPAEPEN line producer ................................................................................................................ NADINE BORREMAN director of photography ............................................................................................ FRANK VAN DEN EEDEN film editing ....................................................................................................................... ELS VOORSPOELS sound ................................................................................................................................... DIRK BOMBEY ....................................................................................................................................... SENJAN JANSSEN ............................................................................................................................... PHILIPPE CHARBONNEL decor ................................................................................................................................ HUBERT POUILLE costume design .................................................................................................................... LORETTE MEUS make-up .................................................................................................................... MARIËL HOEVENAARS music ....................................................................................................................... WOLFRAM DE MARCO press responsible ............................................................................................... ISABELLE COUVREUR | KFD www.FLYINGHOME.be page 14 of 16 technical details title ......................................................................................................... FLYING HOME original language ................................................................................................... Dutch second language ................................................................................................. English location ....... Kleiputten, Watou, Koekelare, Heuvelland, Zottegem, Haaltert, Dubai, Barcelona recording period ........................................................................................ summer 2012 length .......................................................................................................... 95 minutes producer ............................................................................................... Mauna Kea Films ....................................................................................................... Otomatic Productions coproducer ........................................................................................ Twenty Four 9 Films ........................................................................................................ Kanakna Productions ......................................................................................................................... GL Films with the support of ................................................................................... VAF | Filmfonds ................................................................................................. Kinepolis Film Distribution ................................................. de tax shelter maatregel van de Belgische federale overheid ...................................................................................................... Beyers Duivenvoeders ................................................................................................................................ één ........................................................................................................................... Telenet .................................................................................................................... Added Value distributor ................................................................................ Kinepolis Film Distribution release .................................................................................................. 2nd April 2014 international sales .................................................. Film Sales Company | NY 10016 | USA www.FLYINGHOME.be page 15 of 16 contact distributor Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) Eeuwfeestlaan 20 - Boulevard du Centenaire 20 1020 Brussels www.kfd.be pers : - Isabelle Couvreur phone +32 2 474 26 81 / mobile +32 476 66 92 95 [email protected] marketing : - Stéphanie Maussen phone +32 2 474 26 88 / mobile +32 486 805 250 [email protected] producer producer Mauna Kea Films Den Beyerd 9 3140 Keerbergen www.maunakeafilms.com producer : - Ludo Poppe mobile +32 (0)496 38 22 80 [email protected] www.FLYINGHOME.be page 16 of 16
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