Saint

Apr 1, 1997

0h 10m

★ 5.6

Overview

Saint is a short black and white film without dialogue shot on Super-8, that portrays the martyrdom of St. Sebastian through evocative imagery and tone rather than concrete story detail.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Fonds Film in Vlaanderen

Laïka Films

Studio 1

Vlaamse Gemeenschapscommissie van het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest

Saint Trailers

No Trailers found.

Cast

Sebastian

Olaf Nollen

Alexis Van Stratum

Moenen Erbuer

Emile Ringoot

Dirk Delcourt

Stijn Wuyts

Robrecht De Roock

Christph Dierickx

Jose Enrique Oña

Boris Cukon

Samuel Derous

Jochim Noels

Chisato is a beautiful 35-year-old writer, who looks like 18, and the father of Riju, a cute 15-year-old boy. Chisato's hobby is to drive away all of Riju's friends because he thinks they want to corrupt his precious child, so he shows his good side to these boys while he poisons the cake he brings them with a smile; however, there is one guy, Shunsuke, who doesn't fall for the tricks. But is Shunsuke really aiming for Riju? Who is that mysterious writer Chisato loves so much? And why is Chisato convinced that Riju's friends want to take advantage of him?

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