“Fermenting barrel detonates"

GirlCharlotte Vanden EyndeMatthias SchoenaertsEls Dottermans
Written By Dorothée van den Berghe

Girl has a fairly mundane, recognizable story. Twenty-year-old Muriel, to the dismay of her exhausted mother, exchanges her cramped village life for a life in the city. In Brussels she rents a room with 36-year-old, free-spirited Laura, who has just decided that it is time for a child. Due to all kinds of circumstances, the women's lives become intertwined. Dorothée van den Berghe: 'I work quite instinctively, but the intention was to show people who have gotten stuck at a certain stage, who have postponed choices, making it a fermentation process. Laura is forced to make a decision because of her age. Muriel actually too because what she experiences, you usually experience much earlier. And Muriel's mother has stayed in her marriage for too long. All three of them come to choices through small crises in their lives, causing that fermenting vessel to explode.' (Skrien)

All Quotes
“It’s easier to make a film from more of a distance”
“It’s easier to make a film from more of a distance”
“As a child I thought that all of Belgium looked like Matonge”
“As a child I thought that all of Belgium looked like Matonge”
“Dorothée van den Berghe's Moment”
“Dorothée van den Berghe's Moment”
“Ageing is pleasant, you learn from it”
“Ageing is pleasant, you learn from it”
“Like Rosie, I grew up with only a mother.”
“Like Rosie, I grew up with only a mother.”
“Dreaming on a roof”
“Dreaming on a roof”
“What would we have done without that tree?”
“What would we have done without that tree?”
“Fuck de rimboe”
“Fuck de rimboe”
“Women and buttons don’t mix” - “The Flemish film industry reserves the most and the best jobs for men”
“Women and buttons don’t mix” - “The Flemish film industry reserves the most and the best jobs for men”
“It must be great to be a criminal in Brussels"
“It must be great to be a criminal in Brussels"
“No space for a happy family”
“No space for a happy family”
“The child Dorothée and the free love of squatters”
“The child Dorothée and the free love of squatters”
“A family film a la Ed van der Elsken”
“A family film a la Ed van der Elsken”
“A child in Amsterdam’s communes of the 70s”
“A child in Amsterdam’s communes of the 70s”
“One day, someone reminded me that cinema is about making images move, and I told myself that this was the discipline for me."
“One day, someone reminded me that cinema is about making images move, and I told myself that this was the discipline for me."
“I am intrigued by how people deal with physicality."
“I am intrigued by how people deal with physicality."
“Light in the head.”
“Light in the head.”
“Children don’t judge their parents’ lives"
“Children don’t judge their parents’ lives"
“Fermenting barrel detonates"
“Fermenting barrel detonates"
“Now the needle needs to be moved"
“Now the needle needs to be moved"
“Girl was not supposed to become a wallflower.”
“Girl was not supposed to become a wallflower.”
“Girl, mother, lover”
“Girl, mother, lover”
“The Awakening of Desires”
“The Awakening of Desires”
“Girls also grow old.”
“Girls also grow old.”
“What does count then?”
“What does count then?”
“Three women, three generations, three bodies.”
“Three women, three generations, three bodies.”
“It was exotic for me to take an interest in a traditional family.”
“It was exotic for me to take an interest in a traditional family.”
“Looking for the laundrette-vibes”
“Looking for the laundrette-vibes”
“Young lions”
“Young lions”
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