The Weeping Walk
Q&A with director Dimitri Verhulst
A group of relatives and friends walk behind a hearse, accompanying the recently deceased
Belgium, Netherlands - 2025
107 minute
Competition
A group of relatives and friends walk behind a hearse, accompanying the recently deceased
Corsica, 1995. It’s Lesia’s first summer as a teenager. One day a man bursts into her life and takes her to an isolated villa where she finds her father, in hiding, surrounded by his clan. An underworld war erupts. The noose is tightening around them. Death strikes.
Ángela, a deaf woman, is expecting a child with her hearing partner, Héctor. The baby’s arrival disrupts their relationship, forcing Ángela to face the challenges of raising her daughter in a world not made for her.