Contrary to what was announced in the TV guide, the film was To the bottom – about a student baptism that goes wrong – not to be seen on VTM on Sunday evening. “In light of Sanda Dia’s death, it would have been inappropriate to broadcast it,” said spokeswoman Tine Danschieter.
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“Some viewers have pointed this out to us and we really appreciate that. We have therefore replaced the film,” it continues. Instead, the viewer got Bingo, a comedy with Sven and Ruud De Ridder.
To the bottom (1993), with Tom Van Landuyt and Mathias Sercu, among others, was Erik Van Looy’s first full-length film. The drama is about a young man who dies during a student baptism, after which everyone involved keeps their hands off the incident. This is reminiscent of the death of Sanda Dia (20), who died in December 2018 after a derailed initiation by the Leuven student club Reuzegom. Eighteen members now risk years in prison.
