About That Life (film) explained

About That Life
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Director:	Shady El-Hamus
Cinematography:	Stephan Polman
Editing:	Patrick Schonewille
Distributor:	Gusto Entertainment
Runtime:	102 minutes
Country:	Netherlands
Language:	Dutch
Gross:	$477,162^[1] ^[2]

About That Life (Dutch; Flemish: '''De Libi''') is a 2019 Dutch comedy-drama film directed by Shady El-Hamus (in his directorial debut)^[3] who co-wrote with Jeroen Scholten van Aschat.^{[4] [5]} In July 2019, it was shortlisted as one of the nine films in contention to be the Dutch entry for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not selected.^[6]

Cast

• Bilal Wahib as Bilal
• Daniel Kolf as Gregg
• Oussama Ahammoud as Kev
• Vera Bulder as Liv

Production

In September 2018, it was announced that rapper Hef, Bilal Wahib and Daniel Kolf were added to the cast.^[3] Principal photography took place in the summer of 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: De Libi (2019) . . . 18 July 2019.
2. Web site: De Libi (2019) . . 18 July 2019.
3. Web site: 8 September 2018 . Rapper Hef en Bilal Wahib in nieuwe film De Libi . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20190716091618/https://www.nu.nl/film/5453195/rapper-hef-en-bilal-wahib-in-nieuwe-film-libi.html . 16 July 2019 . 16 July 2019 . . Dutch.
4. Web site: Shady El-Hamus over De libi . filmkrant . 3 June 2019 . 14 July 2019.
5. Web site: 'Alles moest groots' voor het debuut van filmmaker Shady El-Hamus . parool . 12 June 2019 . 14 July 2019.
6. Web site: International Feature Film Academy Entry . Eye International . 14 July 2019.