C'est deja l'ete (NR)

synopsis

Shot mainly with excellent non-professional actors in the stony-broke post-industrial town of Seraing, this critically-acclaimed study of shattered lives finds unexpected shafts of lyricism among the gritty gloom. An unemployed dad, his single-parent daughter and tearaway teenage son negotiate a hostile world, their stories combining into perhaps the most pressingly topical feature in this year's festival.