Brothers Seth and Zak, ages 15 and 13 ¾, are spending the summer in their deceased grandfather's house, waiting in vain for their mother, who is otherwise busy, and running low on cash. To make some money, they decide to rent out the house to a local drug dealer, but things don't go exactly as planned...
Acting
The kids feel terrifyingly real — not precocious, just feral.
Cinematography
Rust-belt Belgium never looked so mythic and sad.
Direction
Lanners lets scenes breathe until they suffocate you.
Director
Bouli Lanners
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lanners shot in his actual hometown region, using local non-actors for authenticity. The decay is real.
Part of a wave of 2010s Belgian films exploring 'la Belgitude' — working-class identity in a fractured nation.
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