Planet B
Original title: Planeet B
Year: 2023
Language: Flemish
Available subtitles: English, French
Genre: Documentary
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Runtime: 74 min; 52 min
Status: Released
How does one grow up on a planet that is destroying itself? Planet B provides a possible response to this urgent question. For the past four years, the director Pieter Van Eecke has patiently and carefully followed rebellious teenager Bo and her beautiful and mischievous friendship with Luca. Instead of passively watching the planet's destruction, concerned about climate change, two teens decide to take radical action, and end up having run-ins with the law. While growing up, Bo and Luca are also changing and their personal questions are intertwined with broader ones about the incomprehensible functioning of a rapidly changing world.
Director: Pieter Van Eecke
Screenplay: Pieter Van Eecke
Cinematography: Johan Legraie
Editing: Sandrine Deegen
Music: David Poltrock
Sound Design: Mark Glynne, Olmo van Straalen, Pim Stoltz
Producer: Hanne Phlypo
Co- Producers: Katja Draaijer, Frank Hoeve
Cast: Bo Vanhoorickx, Luca Cox
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“This film is a mixture of a political film, a climate film and a coming-of-age film” Variety
“delicate coming of age film” Business Doc Europe