Here

Name: Here
Genre: Drama
Released: 2024-02-02
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Stefan Gota, Liyo Gong, Cédric Luvuezo

2023
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Stefan Gota and Liyo Gong in Here (2023)

Here follows Stefan, a Romanian construction worker living in Brussels who is about to return home to visit his mother, and maybe stay for good. Using the leftovers from his fridge, he cooks up a big pot of soup and begins handing it out as farewell gifts to friends and family. But while waiting for his car to be fixed, he meets Shuxiu, a Belgian-Chinese woman preparing a doctorate on mosses. Her attention to the near-invisible stops him in his tracks.

On the heels of Ghost Tropic (2019), Bas Devos offers another Brussels city symphony. With a quiet grace that's becoming a trademark, he and his team capture both the longing of contemporary urban life and the potential for enchantment that still exists in spaces shared by strangers from different worlds.

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Set in Brussels, the film revolves around a potential love story between a Romanian construction worker and a Belgian-Chinese doctorate student of moss, who cross paths just before the forme... Read allSet in Brussels, the film revolves around a potential love story between a Romanian construction worker and a Belgian-Chinese doctorate student of moss, who cross paths just before the former is about to move back home.Set in Brussels, the film revolves around a potential love story between a Romanian construction worker and a Belgian-Chinese doctorate student of moss, who cross paths just before the former is about to move back home.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

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Awards
- 3 wins & 11 nominations

Featured review

7/10

Small story with great visuals. Two people in Brussels meet a few times by accident and get a connection. Seems a non-plot yet compelling to watch their bond growing

Saw this at the 2023 filmfestival in Ghant (Belgium). A minimal story about two people in Brussels, living their separate lives, meeting each other by accident a few times, and find a connection for some reason or other. No sex, nor any other intimate contact.

When the movie ends, they do not even know each other names, but still there is some bond. We see it grow gradually, mixed with images of Brussels' city nature that also gets its fair share of attention.

Seeing this movie had an unexpected side effect on me. When at home I started making soup from all sorts of remaining vegetables I had lying around, inspired by Stefan who had to clear his fridge before going back to his country. In Dutch, we call this madiwodo soup (does not translate, but is typically made by cafeterias at work on a Friday, out of remaining ingredients from the previous Mon/Tue/Wed/Thursday, or motuweth for short, not a pronounceable acronym).

Notwithstanding that the story went nowhere interesting, the lead actors and the way it is pictured was remarkably compelling. I'm not sure how the filmmakers do it, but it works even for a nerd like me who doesn't do feelings nor atmosphere.