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Faced with a 700 euro cost to save the life of his daughter's guinea pig, Peter is forced to choose which values to hand down to his eight-year-old.
Two poor farmers spend all their money on a chicken, while waiting for her first egg they slowly start to get the feeling there’s something very wrong with the animal.
BELLUM is a film about how war trauma still grips the lives of three generations today. In a hiding room created for this film, we see a Jewish family breaking the silence by finally starting a conversation about suppressing and passing on war trauma. We examine how trauma is passed on from parent to child. Are later generations able to break free from a traumatic experience that they have not experienced themselves?
When the Polish au pair Karina goes grocery shopping with the family's children, she notices that the mother does not trust her with her PIN code. A small rift appears in the bond of trust between Karina and the family, with all its consequences.
When Omar sees how his sweet little brother hardens in the local football cage, it opens his eyes to the harsh group dynamics. Will he manage to get his brother out of the cage?
Floris, a young entrepreneur about to launch his business, returns to his hometown to visit his childhood friend. His goal is to regain access to an embarrassing Twitter account his friend once created in his name, but the reunion quickly brings back old tensions. As they search for the password and revisit memories from their shared past, they fall back into their old dynamics and it becomes clear that their connection has always been troubled.
It's Indy's birthday, but she doesn’t have money to treat her friends. Still, she doesn’t want to show up empty-handed. How will she solve this problem?
