A mother's deathbed, a stranger's touch, and a summer that won't wait.
Between the darkness of her dying mother's hotel room and the heat of the sun outside, 17-year-old Fanny is split between grief and lust.
Direction
Le Fanu traps you in claustrophobic spaces then releases you into blinding light.
Acting
Billie Barker's face holds entire conversations in silence.
Director
Sylvia Le Fanu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of a wave of Scandinavian shorts exploring teenage female sexuality without exploitation, following directors like Céline Sciamma. The hotel setting evokes Bergman's chamber dramas reimagined through a humid, bodily lens.
The title's double meaning — 'before long' as imminent time and 'belonging' split apart — mirrors Fanny's fractured state. The 28-minute runtime isn't just efficient; it's merciless, denying any comfortable resolution.
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