Completed - DUTCH - Drama, Action/Adventure, Crime
15-year-old Jesse is the only one who witnessed the stabbing of his friend Jonas. Now he has to face his family and friends from the BMX riders crew and explain the unexplainable — how he feels about it.
Year of production : 2014 Director(s) : Bas DEVOS Cast : Cesar DE SUTTER, Raf WALSCHAERTS, Mira HELMER, Koen DE SUTTER, Fania SOREL, Brent MINNE
On their way home early one summer, Jesse and Jonas get into an argument with two youngsters, whereby Jonas gets stabbed. Jesse is the only witness of the murder. In shock, Jesse, is taken care of by his parents. They are at a loss for words. All Jesse’s circle of friends, a group of young BMX riders, can come up with is questions – questions Jesse is unable to answer. The group do their best to take care of him, taking him to the skate ground and to concerts. Feeling the weight of their looks, however, Jesse increasingly isolates himself to get over the loss. At nights he sneaks towards Jonas’s parents’ house. He takes a certain amount of comfort from observing those who share his grief. When Jonas’s father catches him in the act one day and gives him Jonas’s old BMX as a present, Jesse gradually starts realizing what is happening to him. He realizes that a visit to the scene of the crime will be the only way to get over the loss and confront his loneliness.
Country(ies) : BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS
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Festival de Cannes 2008