ALTERED INNOCENCE
 
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Completed - DUTCH - Drama, Action/Adventure, Crime

Log Line

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

Synopsis

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.

Production

Country(ies) : BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS

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Festivals and Awards

Festival de Cannes 2008


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