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THE SILENT TREATMENT

By Caroline STRUBBE

Drama - Post-Production 2025

Tess, an 18-year-old Flemish girl with Stockholm syndrome, stalks the introverted 40-year-old Szabolcs in Budapest. When his girlfriend approaches the young stalker, all three of them eventually learn to reconcile the experiences of their dramatic past.

- Year of production
- 2025
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- BELGIUM
- Languages
- DUTCH, HUNGARIAN, ENGLISH
- Duration
- 128 mn
- Director(s)
- Caroline STRUBBE
- Writer(s)
- Caroline STRUBBE
- Cast
- Kimke DESART
- Producer(s)
- Tomas LEYERS (Minds Meet)
- Synopsis
- Tess has developed an obsessional bond with her kidnapper, Szabolcs. Out of desperation, his partner, Andrea, approaches Tess and helps her to find her own voice. The distorted relationship evolves from obsessional love to a unity of kindred spirits. What if love doesn't take place between two people, but becomes a complex jigsaw of the past that draws in different lives?