Sunday Ninth

After a lifetime of missed opportunities, brothers Horst and Franz meet again. Horst suffers from a lack of joy and from Alzheimer’s. Franz needs money and hopes to claim his brother’s inheritance. Andrea, the great love of Horst’s life, also reappears, determined to make up for lost time.

Old passions, old wounds, and a rivalry between two brothers that goes back further than they realize.

Sunday Ninth intertwines the memories of the two brothers with those of the residents of a care home, telling in a unique way that caring for one another may be the most essential expression of humanity.

Whether or not we still remember what happened on Sunday Ninth.

Josse De Pauw (The Twelve, The Chapel, Patrick) and Peter Van den Begin (King of The Belgians, The Twelve, Tabula Rasa, 1985) perform the roles of the two brothers. Other key roles are played by Frank Lammers (Undercover, Ferry), Kristien De Proost (Ritual), Yoann Blanc (1985, La trêve) and Edwige Bailly (Pandore, La trêve).

When shooting the film, director Kat Steppe (Taboo, The Vatican) combined the fictional story with her penchant for documentary. Thus, she moved to an authentic arena for the shoot: the revolving Residential Care Centre OLV Antwerp, where people with Alzheimer’s disease live and each of them plays a role in the film.

Sunday Ninth is a production by Panenka with the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) in a co-production with Dutch Isabella Films and VRT1. The film was made with the support of Screen Flanders, Creative Europe, Eurimages, Streamz, Proximus, Torino Filmlab, the Dutch Film Fund, the Dutch Production Incentive and the Belgian Tax Shelter. The film will be distributed by Paradiso Filmed Entertainment in Belgian cinemas in 2025.