At her father’s request, Coline returns to her childhood bedroom to sort through her belongings. The various objects she finds remind her of childhood memories that stick to her and that she will finally accept to leave behind…
Direction
Reumont makes 15 minutes feel like a lifetime of dread.
Director
Margot Reumont
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Belgian animation scene has become a surprising hub for adult trauma narratives, with Reumont emerging from the same Brussels pool as Zabou Breitman.
Salomé Richard, the adult Coline, is primarily known as a director herself — her casting was reportedly Reumont's way of ensuring an actor who understood the film's precise tonal control.
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