HOLLY

HOLLY

BE/NL/LU/FR 2023. R+S: Fien Troch. 104 min. Feature film. Original ver­si­on. Released from age 12, Recommended from age 15. 

A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL BECOMES A MIRACLE SAINT AND THREATENS TO BREAK UNDER THE WEIGHT OF EXPECTATIONS

15-year-old Holly is pret­ty, thoughtful and com­pas­sio­na­te, but to the others at her school she is the “witch” and does­n’t belong. This impres­si­on is rein­forced when the girl calls in sick one day and a few hours later a fire breaks out at the school, kil­ling peo­p­le. Months later, when Holly joins a team of vol­un­teers at the initia­ti­ve of her tea­cher to sup­port the grie­ving, the tide turns: it seems as if the girl can free them from their bur­den, heal them and even per­form mira­cles. Suddenly Holly is a “saint”. However, this also increa­ses the expec­ta­ti­ons pla­ced on her, which puts Holly under incre­asing pres­su­re. A sus­pen­seful dra­ma that not only ques­ti­ons the desi­re for a savi­or figu­re, but also the mecha­nisms of our society.

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Fien Troch

Fien Troch
Fien Troch ©Sofie Geysens | Source: DFF

Biography

Fien Troch was born in the Flemish part of Belgium and works as a direc­tor and screen­wri­ter. SOMEONE ELSE’S HAPPINESS, her gra­dua­ti­on film at the Sint-Lukas film school in Brussels, was sel­ec­ted as the Belgian ent­ry for the 2007 Oscars©. For her fifth fea­ture film HOLLY, she recei­ved an invi­ta­ti­on to com­pe­te at the Venice Film Festival.

Filmography (Selection)

2016 HOME
2012 KID
2008 UNSPOKEN

Production com­pa­nies
Prime Time & Mirage
Tarantula
Topkaki Films
Tabiki Film
Les Films du Fleuve
Agat Films

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