Directed by:
Hans Van NuffelScreenplay:
Jean-Claude Van RijckeghemCinematography:
Ruben ImpensComposer:
SpinvisCast:
Stef Aerts, Wouter Hendrickx, Marie Vinck, Rik Verheye, Anemone Valcke, Maarten Mertens, Ina Geerts, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Kris Cuppens, Günther Lesage (more)VOD (1)
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A touching portrait of youth facing mortality far too soon, Oxygen centers on Tom, a teen with cystic fibrosis, who rebels against the condition he and his elder brother Lucas were born with. While Lucas endures his more seriously challenged health with patience (“It could be worse. We could be sick in America. Or gay in Iran.”), 17-year-old Tom hangs out with a group of ne’er-do-wells between hospital stays, taking part in their petty thefts and general rabble-rousing as an escape from dwelling on the fact that his life is likely to be short. Still, Tom’s condition makes periods of confinement unavoidable. During one hospital stay, he meets fellow CF sufferer Xavier, a 30-ish guy who seems to have achieved the dream adulthood Tom might never reach: cool job (underwater photographer), cool car and hot girlfriend. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Stef Aerts
Belgium
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
Nothing to Lose (2008)
Belgica (2016)
Wouter Hendrickx
Belgium
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
Don’t Shoot (2018)
The Misfortunates (2009)
![Marie Vinck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/199/161199956_cb5e98.jpg)
Marie Vinck
Belgium
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
SM-rechter (2009)
Loft (2008)
Rik Verheye
Belgium
Anemone Valcke
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
Collision à Moscou (2008)
Lola (2019)
Maarten Mertens
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
Ina Geerts
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
The Treatment (2014)
Blind (2007)
Gijs Scholten van Aschat
Netherlands
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
The Conductor (2018)
Stricken (2009)
Kris Cuppens
Belgium
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
Bullhead (2011)
Private Property (2006)
Günther Lesage
Belgium
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
SM-rechter (2009)
Home (2016)
Bart Hollanders
Belgium
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
The Sum of Histories (2015)
Yummy (2019)
Begir Memeti
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
Spider in the Web (2019)
Maarten Ketels
Belgium
Mark Vandenbos
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
Stormforce (2006)