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“There is no such thing as a cold case. Some cops simply stop looking too soon.” – Hanna Maes

Content
1. SYNOPSIS .......................................................................................................................3
2. CAST...............................................................................................................................4
3. CAST BIOGRAPHY ...........................................................................................................5
3.1 HANNAH MAES BY VEERLE BAETENS 5
3.2 BOB DE GROOF BY MICHAËL PAS 6
3.3 CHARLES RUITERS BY MARC LAUWRYS 7
3.4 KEVIN DESMET BY GILLES DE SCHRYVER 8
3.5 ROBERT MAES BY CARRY GOOSSENS 9
3.6 KOEN VERBERK BY GEERT VAN RAMPELBERG 10
3.7 MARK VERMAELEN BY BEN SEGERS 11
4. CONCEPT, DIRECTORS & PRODUCTION .........................................................................12
4.1 SCRIPT EDITOR ED VANDERWEYDEN – WRITE ON 12
4.2 DIRECTOR JAKOB VERBRUGGEN 12
4.3 PRODUCER DIRK IMPENS – MENUET 12
5. CREDITS........................................................................................................................13
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1. Synopsis
A well-­‐known writer is assaulted in a porn cinema. He had an appointment there with
Rose, a young student working as a prostitute. It soon becomes clear that quite a few
students are resorting to prostitution, so Hannah and her team decide to go
undercover in club Sin City, a place for everyone shunning daylight and for girls who
pick up their clients there.
When Hannah and her team discover that the owner of both the porn cinema and Sin
City is Rose’s uncle, the case becomes personal, particularly to Hannah, because she
knows only too well the damage family secrets can cause…
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2. Cast
Hannah Maes Veerle Baetens
Bob Degroof Michaël Pas
Charles Ruiters Marc Lauwrys
Kevin Desmet Gilles De Schryver
Koen Verberk Geert Van Rampelberg
Mark Vermaelen Ben Segers
Ramses Manou Kersting
Robert Maes Carry Goossens
Vincent Manteau Jurgen Delnaet
Elise Taelman Nathalie Meskens
Daniël Devucht Peter De Graef
Roos Minerva Devliegher Maaike Neuville
Phaedra Ligier Devliegher Aline Van Hulle
Elke Sharon Goeman Karlijn Sonderen
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3. Cast biography
3.1 Hannah Maes by Veerle Baetens
If you mention Veerle Baetens in Flanders, people will immediately think of Sara, the telenovela
aired by VTM, holding audiences spellbound for 200 episodes in 2007. Baeten’s impressive
interpretation of the ugly duckling transforming into a beautiful swan resulted in Flemish
Television Star Awards for Best Actress and Most Popular Television Personality.
Baetens also made a name for herself in film with lead roles and other strong performances in
films such as ‘Loft’ (Erik Van Looy), ‘Windkracht 10: Koksijde Rescue’ (Hans Herbots), ‘Dennis
van Rita’ (Hilde Van Mieghem), ‘Verlengd Weekend’ (Hans Herbots), ‘De Kus’ (Hilde Van
Mieghem), ‘De Zusjes Kriegel’ (Dirk Beliën), ‘Alias’ (Jan Verheyen) and ‘Kiekeboe,
Misstoestanden’ (Renaat Coppens).
In 2003, Baetens’ mezzo-­‐soprano voice was heard in the musical ‘Holiday Love Show’, an
adventure that gave her much satisfaction, so three years later she performed the lead in ‘Pippi
Longstocking’. Her interpretation of the roguish red-­‐haired girl resulted in a Flemish Musical
Award for Best Newcomer and a Johnny Kraaijkamp Musical Award for Best Leading Actress.
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3.2 Bob De Groof by Michaël Pas
Michaël Pas made his acting debut in 1986 in ‘Crazy Love’, a film directed by Dominique
Deruddere that gave him the green light for playing the lead in a series of successful and
international films such as ‘Blueberry Hill’ (Robbe De Hert), ‘Boys’ (Jan Verheyen), ‘Brylcream
Boulevard’ (Robbe De Hert), ‘Le Mur’ (Alain Berliner) and supporting roles in ‘Eline Vere’ (Harry
Kümel), ‘Daens’ (Stijn Coninx), ‘Antonia’s Line’ (Marleen Gorris), ‘Left Luggage’ (Jeroen Krabbé),
‘Team Spirit I&II’ (Jan Verheyen), ‘Alias’ (Jan Verheyen), ‘Buitenspel’ (Jan Verheyen) and ‘De
SM-­‐Rechter’ (Erik Lamens) to name but a few. Pas also lent his voice to the Flemish version of
animated films ‘Madagascar I&II’ (Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath) and ‘Ratatouille’ (Brad Bird, Jan
Pinkava).
Many Flemish television viewers will associate Michaël Pas with his role in ‘Kulderzipken’ and
his macho character Stef in ‘Team Spirit: De Serie’ and ‘Team Spirit II: De Serie’. Over the past
few years, Pas also guest starred in Flemish police series ‘Aspe’, ‘Zone Stad’ and ‘Vermist’.
Pas’ acting talents have been recognised both in his own country and abroad. In 1988, he
received a Star de Demain in Geneva, followed a year later by a Joseph Plateau Prize for Best
Belgian actor, an award for which he was nominated no less than three times between 1994
and 1997. In 1998 he was awarded a VIDIA for Best Foreign Actor at the Cinetron Festival in
Jakarta and in 2007 he was nominated for the Louis D’Or in Amsterdam for his role in theatre
production ‘August, August, August’.
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3.3 Charles Ruiters by Marc Lauwrys
Marc Lauwrys is an actor who is impossible to pigeonhole. Flemish television viewers know him
from recurring appearances in Flemish sitcoms such as ‘RIP’, ‘Proper Volk’ and ‘Boerenkrijg’,
hospital series ‘Spoed’, soap ‘Familie’ and Dutch sitcom ‘Linda Linda’. In the past few years, he
also had guest appearances in many popular sitcoms, youth series and drama series on several
Flemish channels.
Musical lovers saw Lauwrys perform in productions such as rock opera ‘Ik, Jan Cremer’, ‘Les
Misérables’, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘Kriegelmusical’. For his theatre work, Lauwrys worked
under contract with the Royal Youth Theatre in Antwerp and free-­‐lance for various other
companies. Lauwrys’ film work includes roles in ‘Skin’ (Guido Henderickx), ‘Left Luggage’
(Jeroen Krabbé), ‘Zonderlinge Zielen’ (Jean-­‐Pierre De Decker) and ‘Zwart Water’ (Elbert Van
Strien).
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3.4 Kevin Desmet by Gilles De Schryver
Gilles De Schryver obtained a Bachelor’s degree with distinction at the Royal Conservatory of
Ghent in 2006, where he studied at the Drama department with Sam Bogaerts as Artistic
Director. This young actor has performed in both Flemish and French-­‐language theatre
productions. This year, he was part of ‘Metamorfosen’ by Piet Arfeuille. He also writes theatre
works. This year, he wrote ‘Zand’ for BAFF and ‘De Titel Is Alvast Geweldig’ for De Werf.
De Schryver made his television debut in 2006 with a guest appearance in police series ‘Zone
Stad’. This was followed by guest appearances in ‘Witse’, ‘Aspe’, ‘Vermist’, ‘Flikken’ and a
leading role in ‘180’.
Cinemagoers have already seen De Schryver at work in ‘De Laatste Zomer’ by Joost Wynant and
‘Ben X’ by Nic Balthazar.
His interpretation of Stefan in ‘Ou Quoi?’, a short film by Cecilia Verheyden, resulted in two
Best Actor Awards in 2008 at the Brussels Short Film Festival and the Sehnsüchte International
Berlin Film Festival.
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3.5 Robert Maes by Carry Goossens
Carry Goossens’ (at the right on the picture) first theatre performances were with Reizend
Volkstheater. After a few seasons, he went freelance and played with various other theatre
companies. He became known to the general public in television series such as ‘Lili en
Marleen’, ‘FC De Kampioenen’, ‘2 Straten Verder’, ‘Café Majestic’ and ‘Happy Singles’.
Goossens also made a comedy series for German television, ‘Der Dicke Und Der Belgier’,
together with Diether Krebs.
In the past few years, Goossens became more active in the theatre again in plays such as
‘Eindspel’ (Endgame) by Samuel Beckett, monologue ‘Het Lied Der Vlaamse Zonen’, ‘Blackbird’
and ‘Ladies Night’.
After some supporting performances in various drama series, he contributed to mini series
‘Koning van de Wereld’ (Guido Henderickx) and films ‘Blinker’ (Filip Van Neyghem) and ‘De SM-­‐
Rechter’ (Erik Lamens).
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3.6 Koen Verberk by Geert Van Rampelberg
Geert Van Rampelberg is one of the co-­‐founders of Olympique Dramatique, a company with
which he staged many works including ‘De Krippel’, ‘Neen Serieus’, ‘The Lieutenant of
Inishmore’, ‘De Kale Zangeres’, ‘De Jossen’, ‘Adams Appels’, ‘Drie Kleuren Wit’ and
‘Kunstminnende Heeren’. Van Rampelberg’s work also includes theatre performances with ’t
Arsenaal and KVS.
Van Rampelberg’s list of films includes ‘De Zaak Alzheimer’ (Erik Van Looy), ‘Een Ander Zijn
Geluk’ (Fien Troch) and ‘Cologne’ (Kaat Beels). Flemish television viewers know him from his
performances in ‘De Parelvissers’ and ‘Van Vlees en Bloed’.
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3.7 Mark Vermaelen by Ben Segers
Ben Segers studied at Studio Herman Teirlinck from 1994 to 1998. Since then he has been one
of the core members of Olympique Dramatique and has also performed with companies ’t
Arsenaal, Het Paleis, Bronks and Haute Coiffure.
Flemish television viewers know Segers from comedy series such as ‘Raf & Ronny’, ‘Sketch à
Gogo’, ‘Café Majestic’ and ‘Als ’t Maar Beweegt’, but he equally excels in serious roles. In
addition to guest appearances in series such as ‘Deman’, ‘Flikken’, ‘Rupel’, ‘Zone Stad’ and
‘Katarakt’, Segers was also part of ‘De Parelvissers’, ‘Van Vlees en Bloed’ and more recently
‘Thuis’ and VTM telenovela ‘Louislouise’.
Segers is also an experienced film actor with roles in ‘Pony Palace’ (Bie Boeykens), ‘Any Way
The Wind Blows’ (Tom Barman), ‘K3 en het IJsprinsesje’ (Indra Siera), ‘Beestjes’ (Mirjam De
With), ‘Practical Pistol Shooting’ (Willem Thijssen) and ‘Firmin’ (Dominique Deruddere).
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4. Concept, directors & production
4.1 Script Editor Ed Vanderweyden – Write On
Ed Vanderweyden is an independent script editor and dramaturge.
He contributed to films such as ‘L’Amour En Suspens’; ‘Team Spirit’ and ‘Buitenspel’ (both by
Jan Verheyen); ‘Tanghi Argentini’ (Guy Thys), ‘Dagen Zonder Lief’ (Felix van Groeningen),
‘Slaapwel Frank’ (Luk Van Ginneken), ‘De Helaasheid Der Dingen’ (Felix van Groeningen) and
left his mark on television series such as ‘Heterdaad’, ‘Wittekerke’, Recht op Recht’,
‘Windkracht 10’, ‘Flikken’, ‘Sedes & Belli’, ‘Basta!’, ‘Witse’, ‘Septième Ciel’, ‘Katarakt’, ‘A Tort ou
à Raison’, ‘180’, ‘A.B.’, etc.
It was Vanderweyden who came up with the concept of ‘Code 37’. He leads the writers’ team
and has final responsibility for the scripts.
4.2 Director Jakob Verbruggen
Jakob Verbruggen received the Joseph Plateau Price for his
graduation project ‘Snapshot’. He also directed some
episodes of television series ‘Vermist’ and regional television
series ‘180’, which was also a Menuet production.
Jakob Verbruggen is one of the two most promising and
talented directors in Flanders. He loves the style of the
American action film and is fond of great acting performances. In ‘Code 37 – The Movie’, he
gets to pull out all the stops to give the film the look and style it deserves.
4.3 Producer Dirk Impens – Menuet
As an independent film and television producer, Dirk Impens was responsible for films such as
‘Daens’ (Stijn Coninx), ‘Manneken Pis’ (Frank Van Passel); ‘Team Spirit’ and ‘Buitenspel’ (both
by Jan Verheyen); ‘Steve + Sky’ and ‘Dagen Zonder Lief’ (both by Felix van Groeningen), etc.
His latest production, ‘De Helaasheid Der Dingen’ by Felix van Groeningen, received an award
at the Cannes Film Festival in 2009.
For television, some of Impens’ productions include series ‘Kongo’, ‘Terug Naar Oosterdonk’,
‘Sedes en Belli’, ‘Team Spirit’ and ‘Katarakt’.
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5. Credits
Director Jakob Verbruggen
Screenplay Hola Guapa
Script-­‐editing Ed Vanderweyden
Producer Dirk Impens for Menuet
Co-­‐producer VMMa, Starway Film Distribution
Line producer Johan Van den Driessche
Photography Ruben Impens
Editing Frank Van Looy
Sound Geert Vlegels,
Soundscape Pedro Van der Eecken
The Image & Sound Factory
Production design Kurt Rigolle
Costume Tine Verbeurgt
Make-­‐up Diana Dreesen
Original soundtrack Intergalactic Lovers & Piet De Ridder
Post-­‐production GRID
Financial partners City of Ghent, Belgacom, De Hondt, De
Wilde, EVS Broadcast Equipment, Free
Record Shop Belgium, Game Mania,
Mediafin, Montebi, Televic Group,
Veranco, Willems Vorselaar
Location Belgium
Original version Dutch
Shooting period March 21 st – May 2 nd 2011
Support ARRI Alexa, colour
Print DCP, digital betacam
Running time 100 minutes
Sound Dolby SRD
Format 2:35
Distributor theatrical Belgium Starway Film Distribution
Distributor dvd Belgium VMMa Line Extensions
Theatrical release Belgium October 26 th 2011
International sales agent Delphis Films
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Contact: Xiaojuan Zhou
Email: distribution@delphisfilms.com
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