Baltic premiere
Clenched Fist
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+
Vivian Goffette worked as an assistant director on various movies and television films after his graduation film "Bruder Martin" (1993). Then he directed "The Postcard" in 1998 which won numerous awards at festivals and was nominated for the Oscars in 1999. It was followed by "The Center of the World" (short fiction, 2000) and "This is not Gaume" (2007), short documentary about his native region. His first feature film "Yam Dam" (2013), produced under “low budget” conditions, was selected by about twenty film festivals. Among other awards, "Yam Dam" won the Best Belgian Film Award at FIFF Namur. "Clenched Fist" is his second feature film.
Filmography:
Bruder Martin (1993), The Postcard (1998), The Center of the World (2000), This is not Gaume (2007), Yam Dam (2013), Les Poings Serrés (Clenched Fist, 2023)
