Synopsis
Marieke wants to live her life. But how can she succeed if love has been taken away from her? She seeks warmth in the arms of much older men to find the strength to face the past and finally be herself.MARIEKE is 20 years old. She lives with her mother, JEANNE, a woman left cold and distant ever since her husband died. During the day, Marieke works in a Brussels chocolate factory. At night, she escapes into the arms of much older men. With them she feels strong, cherished and free. The arrival of Jacoby a book editor living abroad, searching for her father’s last manuscript, upsets Marieke’s precarious balance. Her mother does everything in her power to keep them apart. She fears that he will reveal the secret that has remained hidden for so many years.
Marieke falls in love with Jacoby but devastated by the truth of her father’s death, she sinks in despair.
Will she find the strength to accept the truth and live anew?
Director & cast & crew
Sophie Schoukens
Year
2012
Prizes & Fests
San Sebastian (official selection in competition), Namur, Marrakech Competition, Hof (KunstPrize & Film Preis), Biberach Film fest (public Prize), Mannheim, Vilnius, Prague, Creteil, Cluj, Vannes, Oostende, Paris…Official Competion at Magritte’s (BE) and at the ENSORS. (Best leading actress, best directing, best photography)
CINEMA Distribution
BE – Kinepolis, NL – KFD, Austria – Filmladen, BG Cinema EU EOOD, CZ – Film EUROPE SRO, Germany DE – Neue Visionen Filmverleih gmbh, EE – Mittetulundusuhing Must Kasi, ES Spain – Silenzio Films Sl, FR France – KMBO sarl, Greece GR – ARTPLEX ATTICA AE, Hungaria HU – ANJOU-LAFAYETTE szolggaltato ESand TANACSADO BETETI TARSASAG, Poland PL – SPECTATOR, Marek Poznerowicz, RO Roumenia – CINECORVIN SRL , SK – FILM EUROPE SRO, Switzerland and Japan.
Press
Partners
Delegate Producers:
Sophimages
Pallas Film
Associate producer:
Jean-Luc Ormières
In collaboration with:
With the support of:
nipkow-programm@t-online.de
CFWB, VAF Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Vrt, ING, Tax Shelter MDM (Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, media development, KFD
