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Oct 25, 2023 · When It Melts: Directed by Veerle Baetens. With Sebastien Dewaele, Charlotte De Bruyne, Naomi Velissariou, Spencer Bogaert. Many years after a sweltering summer that spun out of control, Eva returns to the village she grew up in with an ice block in the back of her car.
Jan 21, 2023 · Belgian director Veerle Baetens’ ‘When It Melts’ is an intense and uncompromising debut that sets a very high bar for this year's international arthouse sector.
78% Tomatometer 23 Reviews. Many years after a sweltering summer that spun out of control, Eva returns to the village she grew up in with an ice block in the back of her car.
Jan 21, 2023 · When It Melts is a film adaptation of a novel by Lize Spit, about a woman who revisits her childhood trauma and a game she played with her friends. The film plays with audiences' expectations and emotions, but some may find it gratuitous and manipulative.
Jan 21, 2023 · Halfway through actor-turned-director Veerle Baetens’s unflinchingly poignant When It Melts, the disparate domains of childhood innocence and adult pain are forcefully joined with one searingly tragic remark: “We weren’t doing anything wrong, it’s just a game”.
Feb 3, 2023 · Veerle Baetens' directorial debut adapts Lize Spit's bestseller about a woman haunted by her past as a victim of sexual abuse. The film follows her as a child and an adult, exploring the impact of violence, guilt and betrayal on her life.
Vengeance on a Wet Afternoon: Baetens Prepares a Fatal Reckoning in Grim Debut. Home is most certainly not where the heart is in When It Melts, the directorial debut of Belgian actor Veerle Baetens, adapted from the celebrated novel by Lize Spit.
