Film – Veerle Baetens
Expat Cinema: When it Melts (Het Smelt)
Director Veerle Baetens’ provocative feature debut is an explosive, close-to-the-bone exploration of the toxic confusion and cruelty of adolescence, and an unflinching portrait of the lasting impact of untreated trauma.
Eva struggles with human connection. Estranged from her parents and with her sister living far away, she lives a very lonely life. A memorial Facebook message takes her back to the summer when she was thriteen years old, when a friend of her's died. That summer holiday was spent as the third musketeer with two older boys. They played an enigmatic game with local girls, with shocking results. Eva decides to return to her village and leave that one summer behind forever.
- Land België, Nederland
- Jaar 2023
- Duur 111 min
- Taal Dutch (with ENG subtitles)
- Regie Veerle Baetens
- Acteurs Charlotte de Bruyne, Rosa Marchant
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