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The Ball (1999)

Director: Dany Deprez

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From Time Out Film Guide

A pleasant lighthearted children's film about a group of school kids and their fight to save their playground from demolition by the town mayor. A chance meeting with the obligatory old man in the woods proves advantageous to Sophia (and the rest of the neighbourhood) when he lets her borrow his 'magic' football for a few days. For a low key (and presumably low budget) film, the effects are surprisingly well mounted.

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Cast & crew

Director: Dany Deprez

Producer: Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem, Benoît Dufrasne, Rudi Teichmann

Cast: Ernest Löw, Michael Pas, Martje Ceulemans, Rijk De Gooyer, Jonas De Ro, Julian Schoenaerts, Hilde van Mieghem full cast

Genre(s): Children's

Duration: 90 mins


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