Red Ants
2007 · Movie · 95 min. · Belgium
16-year-old Alex lives with her father Frank in an isolated village in the Ardennes forest. Obliged to support him after the tragic death of her mother, Alex finds herself growing up too fast for her age. While Frank tries to escape the apathy in which he has been living since the death of his wife, Alex unwillingly revives her father’s pain, plunging them both into an ambiguous world where the frontier between tenderness and desire is increasingly fragile. An unexpected meeting with Hector, a 22-year-old orphan whose aunt contrives to keep him immature, will lead the young woman to open her eyes about her relationship with her father. First feature from the Belgian director Stéphane Carpiaux, with the actress from L’enfant (The Child), by the Dardenne brothers.
Direction Stephan Carpiaux
Cast Déborah François · Frédéric Pierrot · Arthur Jugnot · Julie Gayet · Claire Johnston · Isabelle Constantini · Norbert Rutili · Sascha Migge · Franck Sasonoff
Soundtrack Frédéric Vercheval
Screenplay Stephan Carpiaux · Laurent Denis
Cinematography Philippe Guilbert
Original title Les fourmis rouges
5.7
28 votes (FilmAffinity)
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