Promise of Pisa

Local title
Pisa lubadus
Original title
De belofte van Pisa
Director
Norbert ter Hall
Country
Netherlands
Year
2020
Programme
Youth Competition, Youth Programme

Moroccan Sam is admitted to the prestigious Amsterdam Music Academy on the day that his older brother Mo is arrested by the police. At the posh school he is on his own, feeling utterly out of place. But his instructor pushes him to achieve greatness and he falls in love with the beautiful Annelies, all the time trying to get his brother out of prison. To find his own voice, however, Sam must first learn to listen to himself…

Director
Norbert ter Hall
Screenwriter
Robert Alberdingk Thijm
Cast
Nadia Abdelouafi, Aziz Akazim, Mostafa Benkerroum
Producer
Rolf Koot
DoP
Richard Van Oosterhout
Editor
Wouter Jansen
Music
Jasper Boeke, Rui Reis Maia
Production
All Yours Film, BNN-VARA, Willy Waltz International
Runtime
Language
Dutch
Subtitles
Estonian

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