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As the First World War drags on, Pierre, a soldier newly arrived at the front, is eager to prove himself. Behind the lines, he meets Francis, who decides to lift the spirits of his comrades by putting together a theatre show. While the violence continues, both men try to find ways to escape the brutality of war, even if only for a moment.
Lukas Dhont
Lukas Dhont
Angelo Tijssens
Michiel Dhont
Juliette Schrameck
Laurette Schillings
Frans van Gestel
Sebastian Korteweg
Jacques-Henri Bronckart
Tatjana Kozar
Frank Van den Eeden SBC – NCS
Eve Martin
Isabel Van Renterghem
Yanna Soentjens
Pierre-Marie Dru
Evalotte Oosterop
Pierre-Olivier Persin
Alain Dessauvage
Valentin Hadjadj
Henk de Smaele
Stefan Rycken
Valerie de Loof
Cyril Holtz
Emmanuel Macchia & Valentin Campagne
CNC
Coward is the work of many and my most ambitious project yet. A film about love and death, creation and destruction. A film about survival and how, sometimes, even in darkness, something beautiful manages to grow. Coward is a tribute to those who, throughout the centuries, were sent to fight—and those who tried to escape it at any cost.
Coward is a production by the Reunion, Lumen, Topkapi Films & Versus Productions in co-production with France 2 Cinéma, VTM, RTBF, Proximus, BeTV & Orange. The film was produced in association with Portobello Productions, The Common Humanity Art Trust and Léger Productions. The film was made with the essential support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) of the Flemish Government, the Screen Flanders economic fund, Screen Brussels, the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (FWB), Wallimage, CINÉ+ OCS, CNC, PICTANOVO Hauts-de-France, Sacem, the Netherlands Film Fund, the Netherlands Film Production Incentive and EURIMAGES, and the participation of France Télévisions.
Coward came about with the help of the Tax Shelter Measure of the Belgian Federal Government, Casa Kafka & Lumière Tax Shelter.
The film is distributed in Benelux by Lumière and in France by Diaphana Distribution.
