BOOK OF PROJECTS
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KATE VOET - BELGIUM
The Tears of Things Two conflicted lovers revisit and re-enact moments from their own life, hoping to give meaning to the story they once shared.
SYNOPSIS One night. A man reading after dark, a diary of someone who disappeared. Someone he loved. After having been away for weeks, Alba returns home to her husband Max. What unfolds is a magical realist drama in which Max urges Alba to take him on a journey through her fears, hopes and ultimately her secret - a journey through her 34
diary. As she shares her memories of a lover whom she grew closer to and away from, they start to revisit and re-enact scenes from their own relationship. Or was there ever another man to begin with? To change the story of their lives, they realize they need to rewrite their ending.