Future Frames: Generation NEXT of European Cinema 2021 / Versailles / Belgium 2020
Sanaa has a job as a station cleaner. She seems contented enough there, or at least she is resigned to the work she does, but what she can’t deal with is the contempt her girlfriend’s family shows her. Sanaa seeks solace by returning to the place where she grew up, and where her younger sister still lives… A film about the kind of responsibility that is sometimes so difficult to accept.
Sanaa has a job as a station cleaner. She seems contented enough with the work she does, or at least she is resigned to it, but what she can’t deal with is the contempt her girlfriend’s family shows her. In order to ease her sorrow and frustration Sanaa decides to return to the neighbourhood where she grew up. The housing estate is a place where she is accepted unconditionally among her old friends, yet here she might also have the chance to reconnect with her younger sister. Whether or not the sibling ties can be re-established depends on the level of responsibility Sanaa is prepared to admit into her life. A distinctive poetic sensibility, precisely observed surroundings, and a perceptive approach to the characters – all are defining qualities of the film Versailles.
Anna Kořínek
20 min / Color, DCP
International premiere
Director Hyun Lories
/ Screenplay Hyun Lories
/ Dir. of Photography Pieter-Jan Claessens
/ Music Mick Lemaire
/ Editor Ward Geerts
/ Art Director Laura Van Haecke
/ Producer Hyun Lories
/ Coproduction RITCS, School of Arts
/ Cast Salomé Dos Santos, Rana Hamzaoui, Anemone Valcke, Oumi Niang, Anas Senhaji, Abdel Hamid Geben
/ Sales Radiator Intelectual Property Sales
/ Contact Flanders Image
Hyun Lories (1984, Seoul). Filmography: Behind the Walls (Derrière les murs, 2016, short doc.), Versailles (2020, short).
Flanders Image
Bischoffsheimlaan 38, 1000, Brussels
Belgium
Phone: +32 222 606 30
E-mail: [email protected]
Radiator Intelectual Property Sales
Handelskaai 17 - b11, 1000, Brussels
Belgium
E-mail: [email protected]
Hyun Lories
Film Director
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