Lena is a lonely, plump adolescent girl. Much to her surprise she gets a relationship with the popular but unreliable Daan. Lena moves in with Daan and his strange father Tom and is willing to do a lot for his love. More than a lot.
Acting
Emma Levie's fearless, physically committed performance.
Direction
Van Rompaey's unflinching, intimate gaze that never judges.
Cinematography
Claustrophobic framing that traps you in Lena's world.
Director
Christophe Van Rompaey
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Emma Levie was 19 during filming but had to gain significant weight; the director insisted on no prosthetics.
Part of a wave of 2010s Flemish cinema exploring female sexuality with brutal honesty—often controversially marketed as 'coming-of-age' when critics argue it's closer to psychological horror.
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