Seuls (1989)

Mental anguish is all that's present in the film Seuls / Alone (1989). Shot like a grungy medical documentary, Smolders and co-director Thierry Knauff intercut shots of several children at a Belgium psychiatric clinic. The kids are shown with forlorn expressions, twicthing their eyes, sometimes smiling, shaking, jumping, rocking their heads side to side, or smacking their heads with horrific glee against walls. It's a minimalist work that captures the intense monotony of lost and disturbed young minds, and maintains a gritty intensity.

Released

1989-01-26

Genres

Documentary

Runtime

12 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Olivier Smolders, Thierry Knauff

TMDB rating

7.0/10 from 4 votes