The Past Before Us
Director: Nathalie Teirlinck
With: Evelyne Brochu, Eriq Ebouaney, Zuri François, Johan Leysen, Arieh Worthalter, Johan Heldenberg
Alice, a young reserved woman, leads a routine life of luxury call girl, avoiding any in-depth social contact. When she learns of her old boyfriend's death, the walls she erected around her begin to lick. She finds herself confronted with her son Robin, 6 years old, whom she abandoned shortly after birth. The child's eruption threatens his dearly acquired autonomy and exposes him to deeply buried emotions.
« The Past Before Us » deals with the deeply human conflict between the fear of intimacy and the universal desire for security. In this film, it is the mother-child relationship, where unconditional intimacy should go without saying, which exposes this conflict. What to do when you do not respond emotionally to the social norm? What is a blood link without shared past? Can love overcome fear?
With the support of: Fonds Audiovisual Flamand (VAF), Centre du Cinéma et de l'audiovisuel, Fonds cinéma de la Netherlands, Fonds cinéma Danish, Tax Shelter belge pour la financement De Film, tax incentif des Netherlands and the U.E. and Eurimages Media Programme
