Team Rudy

When actor and author Rudy Morren is diagnosed with Parkinson's, his life seems to come to a standstill. Instead of withdrawing, he walks into his local pub and openly asks for help. Thus, “Team Rudy” is quickly formed: a colorful and loving group of friends, colleagues, and neighbors who surround him in the most difficult moments, but also in unique connection parties full of humor and emotion. The core group includes actor Michaël Pas and the young theater maker Aline Cornelissen, who continue to search with Rudy for how art, friendship, and care can strengthen each other. Commentary Regisseur Nic Balthazar follows in this warm, intimate, and often disarmingly funny documentary actor-writer Rudy Morren, who gathers a close group of friends around him after his Parkinson's diagnosis. While he undergoes a major brain operation, his “Team” grows into a powerful network of solidarity and hope. For creator Nic Balthazar, the project is also personal: his father also lives with Parkinson's. An intimate cinéma vérité film about friendship, solidarity, and the power of carrying together in a new kind of ‘collective informal care’.