Damien Samedi is 43 years old. When he was a child in his Belgian village on the banks of the river Meuse, they called him the “Petit Samedi”. To his mother, Ysma, Damien is still her child, the one she never abandoned when he got caught up in drugs. A son who sought to protect his mother despite it all, a man attempting to liberate himself from his addictions and faces his past to get through.
Keywords
- Ann Sirot’s favourite films
- Belgian cinema
- Belgium
- Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
- International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
- Les René du Cinéma (ex-Magritte)
- The Sooner team’s favorites: Qi-Xian
Actors
- Damien Samedi
- Ysma Sermon-Daï
Director
- Paloma Sermon-Daï
Documentary
1h 15min
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DUTCH
ENGLISH
Damien Samedi is 43 years old. When he was a child in his Belgian village on the banks of the river Meuse, they called him the “Petit Samedi”. To his mother, Ysma, Damien is still her child, the one she never abandoned when he got caught up in drugs. A son who sought to protect his mother despite it all, a man attempting to liberate himself from his addictions and faces his past to get through.
Damien Samedi is 43 years old. When he was a child in his Belgian village on the banks of the river Meuse, they called him the “Petit Samedi”. To his mother, Ysma, Damien is still her child, the one she never abandoned when he got caught up in drugs. A son who sought to protect his mother despite it all, a man attempting to liberate himself from his addictions and faces his past to get through.
Cast & Crew
Director
Paloma Sermon-Daï
Cast
Damien Samedi
Cast
Ysma Sermon-Daï