

Two boys, one train, and the quiet ache of growing apart.
Cinematography
Venice shot like a fading postcard you'll never send.
Acting
Carpentier's silences hit harder than most monologues.
Direction
Cuypers lets the city breathe between the tension.

Director
Sem Cuypers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cuypers uses Venice's crumbling grandeur as a mirror for adolescent uncertainty—beautiful, sinking, impossible to hold.
The entire film was shot during actual Interrail hours, with non-professional actors found through Belgian drama schools.