WHEN IT MELTS

HET SMELT

By Veerle BAETENS

ARTCAM FILMS - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, VOD, CZECH REPUBLIC

Book adaptation - Completed 2023

Over a summer, 13-year-old Eva escapes from her absent parents by playing games with local teenagers. Years later, Eva returns to the village where she experienced her first tremors and traumas.

Festivals
& Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2023
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
Karlovy Vary IFF 2023
Horizons
Sundance Film Festival 2023
World Cinema Dramatic Competition Special Jury Award: Best Performance for Rosa Marchant
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Book adaptation, Female director, Drama
    • Countries
    • BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • FRENCH, FLEMISH
    • Duration
    • 111 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Veerle BAETENS
    • Writer(s)
    • Veerle BAETENS, Maarten LOIX
    • Producer(s)
    • Bart VAN LANGENDONCK (SAVAGE FILMS)
    • Synopsis
    • Over a sweltering Summer, 13 year-old Eva finds escape from her absent parents by playing riddles with local teenagers. Soon the childish games take an unsound turn. Many years later, Eva returns to the village where she experienced her first tremors and traumas.