72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Les fourmis rouges / Red Ants

Stéphan Carpiaux
Luxembourg - Belgium - France
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16-year-old Alex lives with her father Frank in an isolated village in the Ardennes forest. Obliged to help him after her mother?s tragic death, Alex finds herself growing up too fast for her age. While Frank tries to escape the apathy in which he has been living since the death of his wife, Alex unwillingly revives her father's pain, plunging them both into an ambiguous world where the border between tenderness and desire is increasingly fragile. An unexpected meeting with Hector, a 22-year-old orphan whose aunt contrives to keep him immature, opens the young girl?s eyes about the relationship with her father. Together, Alex and Hector will have to shake off the burden of the past and learn to lead their own lives.
Director
Stéphan Carpiaux
Screenplay
Stéphan Carpiaux, Laurent Denis
Photography
Philippe Guilbert
Edition
France Duez
Music
Frédéric Vercheval
Cast
Déborah François, Frédéric Pierrot, Arthur Jugnot, Julie Gayet, Claire Johnston
Running Time
90 m.
Country
Luxembourg - Belgium - France
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