Country:Belgium
Runtime:95 min
Released:11 Nov 2015
Plot: Black (2015) A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy from a rival gang. The city of Brussels, plagued by high rates of youth unemployment, is home to nearly forty street gangs, and the number of young people drawn into the city's gang culture increases each year. It's in this criminal milieu that directing duo Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah set Black, a pulse-pounding contemporary take on a Shakespearean tragedy. Worlds collide when Mavela (Martha Canga Antonio), a teenage girl with ties to Brussels' Black Bronx gang, meets Marwan (Aboubakr Bensaihi), a member of a rival Moroccan gang, at a police station. Keenly aware of the consequences of getting involved with someone from another gang, they at first resist their attraction to one another, but they can only resist for so long. Just when they've started to imagine a different life for themselves, a terrifying incident reminds Mavela where she belongs - and, more precisely, to whom. In order to break free, Mavela and Marwan will have to betray the very loyalties on which their gangs are founded. And they know what lies ahead for them if they don't. El Arbi and Fallah's film moves forward at an electrifying pace, with furious energy and a gritty realism reminiscent of epic gangster films like City of God and Goodfellas. Ricocheting from moments of extreme tenderness to scenes of extreme violence, and enhanced by the raw performances of its young leads, Black is a full-on, no-holds-barred experience that will resonate long after you've left the cinema.
More Movies on AZMovies
Battle of Britain (1969)
Battle of Britain (1969) Historical reenactment of the air war in the early days of World War Two for control of the skies over Britain as the new Luftwaffe and the Royal Air Force determine whether or not an invasion can take place.
Man vs. Shark (2019)
Man vs. Shark (2019) Jeremiah tries to create a shark suit to be able to safely be in the water with sharks. Very beautiful shots with him and his crew.
Jaane Jaan (2023)
Jaane Jaan 2023 A single mother and her daughter who commit a crime and a neighbor who helps them cover it up amidst a police investigation
All the Kings Men (2006)
Based on the Robert Penn Warren novel. The life of populist Southerner Willie Stark, a political creature loosely based on Governor Huey Long of Louisiana.
The Headless Ghost (1959)
The Headless Ghost 1959 Three college students two guys from the U S and a gal from Denmark take a day trip from London to Ambrose Castle The earl leads the tour and references the castles ghosts The intrepid three hide when the castle closes to see if the ghosts are real After sundown, in the great
Fall Time (1995)
Fall Time (1995) Three young men live in the 50s somewhere in America. They've grown up and and now they plan to do a mock robbery of a bank. But in an other place, Florence plans a real bank robbery. The destination is the same...
Chhorii (2021)
Chhorii 2021 Chhorii is a haunting story of a young couple based in the heartlands of India Sakshi Nushrratt Bharuccha is eight months pregnant when the couple, forced out of their home, seeks refuge in a house hidden inside a sugarcane field However, the fields are ridden with secrets of the past w
Bang Bang Baby (2014)
Bang Bang Baby (2014) A small town teenager in the 1960s believes her dreams of becoming a famous singer will come true when her rock star idol gets stranded in town. But a leak in a nearby chemical plant that is believed to be causing mass mutations threatens to turn her dream into a nightmare.
Living Stars (2014)
Living Stars 2014 In Buenos Aires, they are dancing Dozens of real people, identified simply by name and occupation, are presented in their kitchens, living rooms, offices, and streets each dancing to a fairly well known pop song Young and old, alone and with others, they perform for the camera with
Madness (1980)
Madness (1980) An escaped convict plays the occupants of a remote home against one another for his own sadistic pleasure while searching for the loot he buried there following a previous robbery.
Sit Down with Stand Up Udom Taephanich (2024)
Sit Down with Stand Up Udom Taephanich 2024 NA
Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012)
Greetings from Tim Buckley (2012) Greetings from Tim Buckley follows the story of the days leading up to Jeff Buckley's eminent 1991 performance at his father's tribute concert in St. Ann's Church. Through a romance with a young woman working at the concert, he learns to embrace all of his feelings
Everything Is Copy (2015)
Everything Is Copy (2015) A look at the life and work of writer/filmmaker Nora Ephron.
Oasis: Live from Manchester (2007)
Oasis: Live from Manchester (2007) Concert footage of British rock band Oasis performing a hometown gig at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester, England as part of their 2005 Don't Believe the Truth UK tour.
Xtra Credit (2009)
Xtra Credit (2009) A troubled youth (Micah Alberti) has an affair with a seductive woman (Marina Black) whose husband is found murdered.
Halloween Horror Tales (2018)
Halloween Horror Tales (2018) An anthology horror movie featuring four stories. Die Laughing is about a psychotic killer clown stalking a young woman. In The Horror Hostess a movie scream queen gets more than she bargained for when she is interviewed by a TV talk show hostess. The Bad Flower is a na