Two brothers, one cottage, and a lifetime of unspoken grief in fifteen devastating minutes.
Two brothers clean up a cottage in the woods. Why doesn't seem to matter. What does, are the emotions that are uncovered.
Direction
Devos lets silence scream louder than dialogue ever could.
Cinematography
Every dusty corner holds memory; you can smell the mildew.
Director
Bas Devos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Devos made this as his graduation film at LUCA School of Arts; it won the Grand Prix at Clermont-Ferrand and launched his reputation for patient, grief-soaked cinema.
The brothers barely look at each other—Devos uses furniture and negative space as the third character between them. That wardrobe Jeroen keeps opening? It's the coffin he can't close.
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