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6.0/10 • 15

2024-01-171h 24m

DramaRomance

Set in Brussels, the film revolves around a potential love story between a Romanian construction worker and a Belgian-Chinese doctorate student of moss, who cross paths just before the former is about to move back home.

Directors
Bas Devos
Writters
Bas Devos
Editors
Bas Devos, Dieter Diependaele

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Stefan Gota

    Stefan Gota

    Stefan

  2. Liyo Gong

    Liyo Gong

    Shuxiu

  3. Cédric Luvuezo

    Cédric Luvuezo

    Cedric

  4. Teodor Corban

    Teodor Corban

    Mihai

  5. Saadia Bentaïeb

    Saadia Bentaïeb

    Saadia

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CinemaSerf

Jun 8, 2024

7/10

Romanian builder "Stefan" (Stefan Gota) is quite adept at making soup! With his holidays looming he is clearing out his fridge and hoping to get his ageing jalopy fixed so he can travel. He is also a bit of an insomniac and wanders the streets at night exploring and cutting a rather lonely figure appearing to have few friends. That is until he is walking along a country path and encounters a lady (Liyo Gong) examining the mosses that grow freely. They have met before - in her aunt's Chinese restaurant, briefly, amidst a thunderstorm and he is intrigued with her scientific endeavours. She explains to him what she is doing and why, informing him that mosses were the first plants ever to grow on the Earth. The next few hours see him diverted from his mission to go collect his car, and for the two to share their afternoon together. Might anything come of it? Well, that's not really the point. Instead, this seems to be a gentle reminder of how much easier, especially when empowered by the power of his vegetable soup, it is for people to engage with easy other or friendly and curious terms. It's a momentary observation of not just human existence, but it also showcases the beauty of nature as it exists amidst our man-made concrete and brick environment. The rain also seems to serve an almost allegorical purpose, wiping the slate clean for another episode in his solitary yet open-minded and friendly life. It is a strangely compelling film to watch. There's no beginning, or end - just a middle, and the two actors deliver plausibly imbuing a certain not easily definable chemistry.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
meditativemysteriouscalmthoughtfulphilosophicalreflectivelyricalwonderlovingrelaxedintimateunderstatedromanticcomfortingcompassionateempatheticenchantgentlehopefulmodestpowerfulsinceresympatheticvibrant