Brother's Keeper Ferit Karahan

Edition: First Cut Lab On Demand 2023

Retro Therapy

Belgium, Canada, France
Production company: Iota Production

World premiere: Tournai Ramdam Festival 2024 – Belge Découverte

Synopsis

Manon, a shy and introverted 16-year-old girl is forced to live with her insufferable grandmother Yvonne, a former feminist activist who has Alzheimer’s. The situation becomes even more difficult when Yvonne, confused, starts mistaking Manon for her own daughter. Contrary to expectations, Manon plays along with Yvonne, and starts pretending to be her mother, someone she’s barely known. In the end, she discovers the real history of the women in her family, and learns to become a woman herself. 

CREDITS

Director : Élodie Lélu
Writers : Élodie Lélu, Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem

Editor: Mathieu Bouchard-Malo  

Producers: Isabelle Truc, Christine Falco, Isabelle Gripon, Dries Phlypo

Cast: Fantine Harduin, Hélène Vincent, Olivier Gourmet, Rita Benmannana, Tom Audenaert, Emilie Dequenne

International Sales: Be For Films