EN - When 40-year-old Alex pays a surprise visit to her parents, she discovers her mother has vanished like a thief in the night. Alex’s father, who is suffering from dementia, cannot or will not tell his daughter why. After moving back into the family home, Alex discovers, bit by bit, that her mother ran off because of a painful event from the past. The secret that father and daughter have kept safe for over 30 years now threatens to turn Alex’s own marriage upside down.
NL - Façades vertelt het verhaal van een vrouw die onverwacht op een kantelpunt in haar leven staat: moet ze bij haar ontrouwe man blijven of niet? Ze heeft zijn avontuurtjes jarenlang toegestaan, het was hun deal. Wanneer haar moeder plotseling haar dementerende vader verlaat en ze noodgedwongen de zorg voor haar vader moet opnemen, vecht ook zij met de vraag of ze echt gelukkig kan zijn in haar huwelijk. Moet ze net als haar ouders de facade doorbreken? Façades is een karaktergedreven drama over familie, bedrog, zelfbedrog en de kunst van het vergeven.
Info
| Title | Facades |
|---|---|
| Original title | Façades |
| Original language | Dutch |
| Status | Completed |
| Production | Majority Flemish |
| Category | Features |
| Genre | drama |
| Year | 2017 |
| World première / first public presentation | 2017-10-14 |
Credits
| Cast | Natali Broods, Johan Leysen, Theo Maassen |
|---|---|
| Photography | Anton Mertens |
| Editing | Bert Jacobs |
| Sound | Stijn Jacobs |
| Art director | Hubert Pouille |
| Costume | Catherine Marchand |
| Makeup | Li Dang Vu |
| Music | Raygun |
Technical specs
| Running time film | 92' |
|---|---|
| Release format | DCP |
| Sound format | 5.1 Dolby |
| Colour | Colour |
| Available in | 2D |
Partners
| Supported by | the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF) |
|---|---|
| Production partners | Gardner and Domm (BE) |
Festivals
2017: Film Fest Gent (BE); PÖFF Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (EE)
Cinequest presents six from Flanders
Five film productions and a VR project from Flanders have been selected for the Cinequest Film & VR Festival in San Jose, California (27 Feb –11 March).
Jan Matthys’ Many Heavens has been selected for Cinequest’s main line-up, the Dramatic Feature Competition, while Hilde Van Mieghem’s Speechless and Nathalie Basteyns’ and Kaat Beels’ Facades will be competing for the Global Vision Award.
Flanders Image unveils CONNeXT’s full film line-up
At CONNeXT, festival curators, sales agents and buyers are offered a chance to get a glimpse of what is coming up in 2018 and beyond.
CONNeXT confirms the first 15
The initial 15 titles are confirmed for the second outing of Flemish invitation-only networking event CONNeXT (formerly NeXT). The event, whose slogan is ‘Connect to what’s new and who’s next’, will run over an intense and hospitable three-and-a-half days of networking, pitching, screenings and keynote talks due to be held in Ghent from 8-11 October.
The latest completed Flemish films - plus (new in 2017) a selection of TV series - will be screened, while a selection of projects at various stages from development to post-production will be pitched to top professionals, including sales agents from Europe and North America and programmers from festivals such as Berlin, Karlovy Vary, Tribeca, Toronto and SXSW.
Last edited on 5 March 2018