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Soft Leaves

Miwako van Weyenberg
Thu 12 Jun - Sun 15 Jun
  • Content rating: Watch out with children under 9
  • Content rating: Fear

Soft Leaves is the poignant and personal debut film by Miwako Van Weyenberg. It is an intimate coming-of-age story of a Japanese-Belgian girl searching for identity and recognition.

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Yuna (Lill Berteloot) lives with her father Julien (Geert Van Rampelberg), a high-jump coach. They have a good relationship. When Julien suffers a serious fall and ends up in the hospital, Yuna is left to care for her older brother Kai. Their world is turned upside down when their Japanese mother and half-sister come to Belgium to take care of them. Soft Leaves is bathed in carefully chosen warm colors and is carried by the strong performance of newcomer Lill Berteloot. The film had its world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and was selected for the Ostend Film Festival.

Soft Leaves
Direction
Miwako van Weyenberg
Cast
Geert van Rampelberg, Lill Berteloot
Duration
98 min
RELEASE
Thu 22 May
Year
2025
Country
Belgium
Language
Dutch, Japanese, German
Subtitles
Dutch
  • Content rating: Watch out with children under 9
  • Content rating: Fear