I discovered this movie purely by chance, on one of those nights when you spend hours flipping titles from platform to platform and see nothing. But I decided to give it a shot. ‘dissolution’ without even knowing what it is best seller Belgian or those that go beyond a brief description in the movie. There was a chance I wouldn’t like it and would have to put it away after five minutes… But anyway, I read it. A 500 page novel.
“A provocative debut about the cruelty of childhood that was honored at Sundance thanks to the young protagonist’s captivating performance,” the brief synopsis said. In fact, at the prestigious American independent film festival, Leading actor received the Special Jury Prize.
Beyond the drama of the plot, the film is also a throw back to the summers of all of us who go Teens or teenagers in the early 2000s (including the song “Aserejé”), so it’s close, even though the movie is mostly in Dutch.
However, the film is a drama that blends thriller, black comedy and black comedy features. coming of age. Basically, the story begins thirteen years after a mysterious bad experience occurred during. A sweltering summer spiraling out of control. Everything is then discovered in two moments: before and now.
The heroine of the film is 26-year-old Eva, who returns to her small hometown. a block of ice in the back of your car. The reason for this is related to that incident that still keeps him away from the town, his family and almost everyone around him. But now he returns, determined to confront that dark past once and for all.
In this way, the film explores themes such as friendship, childhood cruelty, childhood sexism, loneliness or loneliness. The long shadow that childhood trauma can cast. It’s not often that a movie that revolves around the psychology of its characters grabs your attention like it’s a thriller, but this movie does that and keeps you looking at your phone until it’s resolved.
As a testament to how interesting it is, the first thing I did when I finished it was order it online. I already knew what it was, yeah but I needed to know more. I wanted to know everything. Anything that the movie script will leave out or change. However, I have to say that the adaptation is quite faithful and close to the book.
we are talking about A 500 page book I devoured this summer and I still remember with nostalgia how you think of the friends you love and miss who are confined to another city or another time.
In Spain, the book is edited by Seix Barral and the film can be watched on Film, Movistar Plus and Rakuten TV.
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