The Pupil (fka Blessure)

A feature film about the relationship between twelve year old Daan and his thirty eight year old football coach Ries. Daans attempt to keep it a secret, makes him more and more isolated from his surroundings. When the relationship eventually becomes known, he has to fight his own shame and the clumsy, and sometimes cruel, reactions from his community.

Main cast

• Bart de Wilde
• Gijs Naber
• Hadewych Minis
• Marcel Hensema

Genre

• Drama

Broadcaster

• BNNVARA (Netherlands)

Financiers

• Netherlands Film Fund
• Netherlands Production Incentive
• Creative Europe – MEDIA Programme of the European Union
  BNNVARA
• CoBO
• Posta Sound for Picture
• Tax Shelter of the Belgian federal government

Distribution & Sales

• Gusto entertainment (Netherlands)
• Pluto Film (International sales)

Trailer

Quotes from the beautiful review in Cineuropa

• “meticulous story about the complex emotional and social repercussions of child sexual abuse.”
• “great care and attention to nuance”
• “The film sounds an alarm and urges us not to ignore”
• “subtly conveyed through the looks and gestures of this young newcomer actor”
• “leaving viewers in hope”