She turned her breakup into an art form—and silence never looked this loud.
After the end of a relationship, a young Belgian woman remains alone in an isolated house and turns silence, repetition, and solitude into forms of existence and resistance to forgetting.
Cinematography
Every frame could hang in a gallery. Seriously.
Direction
Venci Darte makes silence speak louder than dialogue.
Acting
Manu Macedo's face does what scripts can't.
Director
Venci Darte
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title's Portuguese wordplay—'doces' means both 'sweet' and 'candy'—hints that solitude here is something to be consumed slowly, not rushed through.
Director Venci Darte shot this in their actual grandmother's abandoned Belgian farmhouse, using only natural light and no crew beyond sound.
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