Movies
My Name is Wilkinson
26'56'' / 2000
Lode Desmet et Christine Borowiak
Ploegstraat, January 2000. A tractor brought to the surface the bones of a soldier who disappeared during the First World War. Patrick, an amateur archaeologist, identified the corpse : it appears to be Harry Wilkinson, a British soldier from the Lancanshire rifles in Manchester, who got killed during the night of the 10th of November in the course of an attack from the German troops. He is one of the 56.000 British soldiers who disappeared during the First World War. His descendants were rapidly found and his great granddaughter, Annette, accompanied with her daughter Georgia, decided to come to Belgium in order to find out more about this lost relative. The two girls met with various people who had witnessed the passing of Harry Wilkinson either directly or undirectly. They also visited the battlefields and some of the numerous British cemeteries of the region.
A moving initiatory journey coupled with beautiful stories of developing friendship.
Credits
- Author - Director : Lode Desmet
- Author : Christine Borowiak
- Image : Lou Demeyere
- Sound : Karel Vandendorpe
- Editor : Dominique Vos
- Sound mixing : Roland Boon
- Music : Alain Pierre
- Voices : Hugues Le Paige - Florence Thomas - Coralie Nauder - Virginie Debauche
Production
- Production : Simple production
- Coproductions : RTBF et ARTE Reportage
Broadcasters coproductions
- RTBF Bruxelles - ARTE Belgique
Dvd
- French version
- Original version with French subtitles
