\u00bbShall we play topsy-turvy world?\u00ab \u2013 \u00bbYes, we can jump on clouds!\u00ab \u2013 \u00bbAnd we can swim in the trees!\u00ab<\/p>\n
\u00bbWhy can\u2019t everything be the way it used to be?\u00ab Rosie\u2019s new to the Brussels\u2019 district of Molenbeek. She lives there in a large apartment complex with her mother. The apartment is not exactly what Rosie had hoped for. But when she meets her smart neighbour Moussa, she changes her mind. The two become friends and Moussa promises Rosie he\u2019ll help her find her father. When the father suddenly turns up again, everything is more complicated than she\u2019d expected… The film is based on the children\u2019s books by Michael De Cock and Judith Vanistendael.<\/p>\n
\u00bbDuring a casting session, I asked children from the suburbs to describe how they saw their neighbourhood. Imad Borji, who plays Moussa and lives in the suburb in Molenbeek where the film was actually shot, saw enormous beauty in the place where he grew up. That\u2019s what I wanted in the film: the vision of a child who doesn\u2019t focus on problematic aspects, like adults do, but believes in the place\u2019s positive charm. I discovered much more social cohesion in those neighbourhoods than I could ever expect.\u00ab
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