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Documentary, 2019, 68 min.

Release date: November 2019 (Netherlands). Young men from problematic backgrounds can find help in building a future at a center in Rotterdam called De Nieuwe Kans (Dutch for “the new chance”). Hardened by the past, they struggle to adapt to “normal society”, while their mentors need an inexhaustible supply of patience and empathy to connect with them. Marina Meijer captures their compelling, fragmented dialogues in precisely framed shots, while this microcosmos tells a wider story about inequality and a system that is difficult to break out of.

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