Petit Samedi

Petit Samedi

75 mins | Documentary | April 5, 2023

Damien Samedi is 43 years old. When he was a child in his Belgian village on the banks of the river Meuse, they called him the “Petit Samedi”. To his mother, Ysma, Damien is still her child, the one she never abandoned when he got caught up in drugs. A son who sought to protect his mother despite it all, a man attempting to liberate himself from his addictions and faces his past to get through.

Petit Samedi

75 mins | Documentary | April 5, 2023

Petit Samedi
Damien Samedi is 43 years old. When he was a child in his Belgian village on the banks of the river Meuse, they called him the “Petit Samedi”. To his mother, Ysma, Damien is still her child, the one she never abandoned when he got caught up in drugs. A son who sought to protect his mother despite it all, a man attempting to liberate himself from his addictions and faces his past to get through.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers RTBF, Wallonie Image Production, Michigan Films, Take Five
Original title Petit Samedi
Directors Paloma Sermon-Daï
Writers Paloma Sermon-Daï

Cast

Damien Samedi

as himself

Ysma Sermon-Daï

as herself