Many years after a sweltering summer that spun out of control, Eva returns to the village she grew up in with an ice block in the back of her car. In the dead of winter, she confronts her past and faces up to her tormentors. Adapted from the novel “Het Smelt”, by Lize Spit.
Winner of the Special Jury Award for best performance for Rosa Marchant in the World Cinema Dramatic section at the Sundance Film Festival.
Het Smelt
2023
16 years
111 min.
Fiction
Belgium, Netherlands
Belgium, Netherlands, international festivals, awarded films, female directors, literary adaptation, come back home
Colorido
Veerle Baetens
Veerle Baetens, Maarten Loix
Frederic Van Zandycke
Thomas Pooters
Rosa Marchant, Charlotte de Bruyne, Amber Metdepenningen, Matthijs Meertens, Anthony Vyt, Sebastien Dewaele
Bart Van Langendonck
Savage Film, PRPL, Versus Production
Bjorn Eriksson
The Party Film Sales
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