SYNOPSIS
Thabo dreams of becoming an actor, but is refused at every casting. He thinks it’s because of his skin color. Driven by despair, he works his way up the hierarchy of an international drugs cartel.
CAST
Junior Mthombeni (as Thabo)
Chaib Idrissi (as Hecham)
Sabri Saad El Hamus (as Mokkadem)
Hilde Van Haesendonck (as Tina)
Ikram Aoulad (as Nora)
Rashif El Kaoui (as Abdel)
Klara Mucci (as Kaja)
Geneviève Lagravière (as junkie mother)
Saïd ‘Eazy Lo’ Boumazoughe (as Farid)
Jos Geens (as director)
Frederike Migom (as shop keeper)
Fred De Loof (as french drug runner)
Ehsan Hemat (as Ali)
Salman Saimouaa (as refugee1)
Rasim Vasan (as refugee 2)
Shirzai Kalillulah (as refugee 3)
Aboudar Abbas (as refugee 4)
Ahmad Esmaeilie (as refugee 5)
Michael De Cock (as husband)
INFO
release date: January 2017
country: Belgium
language: Dutch, French, English & Arabic
runtime: 90 minutes
color: color
release format: DCP
production companies: Lambo Films, Junior Cesar & Docwerkers
distributor: Paul Thiltges Distributions
support: Arenbergschouwburg, Mestizo Arts Festival, 't Arsenaal, UiThuis Hoboken, Fameus, De Nieuw Amsterdam, District Antwerpen, Stad Antwerpen
Press
‘De figurant’ van Daniel Lambo in première op Filmfestival Oostende (Cinevox)
De Figurant: Een gesprek met Daniel Lambo en Junior Mthombeni (Kif Kif Filmblog)
Antwerpenaar klautert van drugsmilieu naar filmwereld (Het Nieuwsblad)
Crew
director: Daniel Lambo
writer (script): Fikry El Azzouzi & Daniel Lambo
producer: Daniel Lambo
line producer: Thomas Landeloos
director of photography: Koen Van Sande
film editor: Daniel Lambo & Thijs Hasselman
production designer: Jef Peremans
sound mixer & editor: André Philips
music by: Peter Baert