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Completed - DUTCH - Drama - 90 minutes

Log Line

Skunk tells the story of Liam, a boy who grew up with marginal sex, alcohol and drug-addicted parents in a house where the basement was his bedroom and an extremely violent cowboy movie his source of inspiration.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2022 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2024 (Line up)
Full history

Year of production : 2022

Director(s) : Koen MORTIER
Writer(s) : Koen MORTIER
Cast : Dirk ROOFTHOOFT, Boris VAN SEVEREN, Natali BROODS, Colin VAN EECKHOUT, Sarah VANDEURSEN, Thibaud Frank DOOMS

Producer(s) : Eurydice GYSEL (Czar Film & TV)

Synopsis

Liam has a terrible childhood, is neglected and abused. He becomes an adolescent with dark thoughts and actions: as a defense mechanism, he shits himself. Because of his home situation, Social Service places him in a closed institution where he encounters supervisor Paulien who seems a positive influence. When Liam is raped, he no longer sees a way out...

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Country(ies) : BELGIUM


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