GROWN-UP

Status In production

Directed by Adriana Da Fonseca

Written by Adriana Da Fonseca and Sarah Schenkel

Produced by Kwassa Films and Belleville Production.

Genre Comedy Drama

Synopsis Violette, a 26-year-old woman with Down’s syndrome, has just moved into a home for mentally disabled adults, and is looking forward to her new life there: living with friends, dressing as she likes… freedom!

But as soon as she arrives, Violette catches a couple of residents kissing, and something new wakes up inside her…The girl who so dreams of living “like a grown-up” is going to have to face up to the limits imposed by her disability… Or is it our society?

In co-production with RTBF, Proximus, France Télévisions and Beside Productions.

With the support of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation (writing, development and production grants), the CNC, Wallimage, screen.brussels, the Creative Europe MEDIA programme (MEDIA Slate) and the Belgian Federal Government’s Tax Shelter via Beside Tax Shelter.

International sales: The Party Film Sales

Belgian distribution: Cinéart

French distribution: Jour2Fête