SUMMER BROTHER

During a sweltering summer holiday, Brian (13) is stuck with the care of his severely mentally disabled brother Lucien (17). But how do you look after someone when you don’t know what they need? How do you make the right choices when you still have so much to discover?

  • writer: Britt Snel

  • director: Joren Molter

  • with: Jarne Heylen, Joël in ‘t Veld, Micha Hulshof

  • producer: Floor Onrust – Family Affair Films (NL)

  • co-producer: Xavier Rombaut – Polar Bear (BE)

  • genre: drama

  • country: The Netherlands / Belgium

  • year: 2023

  • duration: 85 minutes

  • with the support of: Netherlands Film Fund, Netherlands Film Production incentive, CoBo, NTR, Tax shelter of the Belgian federal government via taxshelter.be

festivals & awards: The Netherlands Film Festival- closing night film (NL),