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Home (2016 Belgian Film)
''Home'' is a 2016 Belgian drama film directed by Fien Troch. It was screened in the Platform section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. At the 73rd Venice International Film Festival, Troch won the award for Best Director in the Horizons section. ''Home'' received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC). It also received four nominations at the 8th Magritte Awards, winning Best Flemish Film. Plot Kevin is released from youth prison. He got there after he knocked down a man and left him behind as being dead. As his father does not want him to come back, Kevin moves in at his aunt Sonja and uncle Willem who have a son Sammy. Sammy is befriended with the shy, introvert John. John’s mother is a lunatic. Besides a separation anxiety disorder she has mysophobia and thinks her son smells. That’s why the boy must shower multiple times a day. She also divided the living room in imaginary areas which John may or may not enter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fien Troch
Fien Troch (born 1978, in Londerzeel) is a Belgian left field film director, producer and screenwriter. Career After graduating from the Sint-Lukas art academy in Brussels in 2000, she achieved several nominations and awards in her chosen career. Her first full-length film ''Someone Else's happiness'' is a psychological drama film that deals with how a fatal car accident affects a small village in Flanders. The film was nominated for the Grand Prix (2005) at the Flanders International Film Festival Ghent and for the Joseph Plateau Award (2006) for Best Belgian Director and Best Belgian Screenplay. Moreover, in 2005 at Thessaloniki Film Festival it won the Golden Alexander and an award for Best Screenplay. At the 62nd edition of the Torino Film Festival it also won the prize for Best Actress. Her second film '' Unspoken'' depicts the aftermath of the disappearance of a young girl. The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |