1976. A heatwave summer. In this farming family, Gus who is 13 years old, realizes that heat doesn’t just affect the animals or the fields but also can perturb the adults which surround him. During his vacation, Gus witnesses the end of his father’s traditional life in the country and the explosion of the nucleur family. In a few months he will have left behind him the innocence of his youth.

Awards

San Sebastian International Film Festival, winner New Directors competition

Greenpeace - Lurra Award (parallel award) 2019

Zürich, Swiss Film Award, Swiss Film Award: Best Fiction Film (2020), Best Screenplay (2020)

Festivals

Zlin, 60th Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth (2020), Kiev, 49th Molodist Kyiv International Film Festival (2020), Linz, 17th Crossing Europe Film Festival Linz (2020), Cleveland, 44th Cleveland International Film Festival (2020), Dublin, 18th Dublin International Film Festival (2020), Göteborg, 43. Göteborg International Film Festival (2020), Solothurn, 55. Solothurner Filmtage (2020), Taipei, Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (2019), Tübingen/Stuttgart, 36. Französische Filmtage Tübingen (2019), Rome, 17. Alice nella Città Film Festival (2019), Namur, 34e Festival international du film francophone Namur (2019), Zürich, Swiss Film Award, Swiss Film Award, Best Actor 2020 (Nomination), Best Film Score 2020 (Nomination.)

“..the atmospheric picture is a rural coming-of-ager that manages to reinvigorate a decidedly overstocked cinematic subgenre.”

Neil Young

Hollywood Reporter