Baltic premiere

Clenched Fist

Local title
Käsi rusikas
Original title
Les Poings Serrés
Director
Vivian Goffette
Country
Belgium
Year
2023
Programme
Children's Rights Programme
Genre
Drama
Subject
belonging, child-parent relationships, children's rights

Lucien – 11 – lives with his mother Cécile and his older brother in a village in the Ardennes. He is a secretive boy who avoids contact as much as questions. When his grandmother dies, a prison release is granted to his father to attend the funeral. Seeing his father grieve, handcuffed and protected from the popular fury by an impressive police deployment hurts Lucien. Against the advice of his family, Lucien decides to see his father again. At the risk of losing everything...

Age recommendation: 14+

Director
Vivian Goffette
Screenwriter
Vivian Goffette
Cast
Yanis Frisch, Lucie Debay, Wim Willaert, Mila De Mol, Laurent Capelluto, Paulo Schmit
Producer
Stéphane Lhoest
Cinematographer
Jan Van Caillie
Music
Tuur Florizoone
Sound
Philippe Vandendriesche, Mathieu Cox
Runtime
Language
French
Subtitles
Estonian, English

Screenings

9th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening010901 / Käsi rusikas
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening110701 / Käsi rusikas
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Q&A guestsVivian Goffette (Director, Screenwriter)
Q&A duration
Screening duration
4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening141402 / Käsi rusikas
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
Trailer
Q&A with the filmmaker