Il pleut dans la maison
It's raining in the house
By Paloma Sermon-Daï
Fiction | Belgium, France | 2023 | 1h22
One hot and stormy summer by a touristic lake, seventeen year old Purdey and her younger brother Makenzy walk the line between experiencing adolescence, finding love and fending for themselves.
While Purdey works as a cleaner in a hotel complex, Makenzy earns some money by robbing tourists. Left to their own devices, they must learn to support each other in a surprisingly tender journey that chronicles what feels like the last summer of their youth.
With Makenzy Lombet, Purdey Lombet, Donovan Nizet, Amine Hamidou, Louise Manteau
Paloma Sermon-Daï was born in Namur, Belgium on 14 July 1993. She graduated in image studies at the Haute Ecole Libre de Bruxelles. Her graduation film Makenzy was selected at Visions du Réel in 2017. In 2020, she directed her first feature documentary, Petit Samedi. The film had its world premiere at the Berlinale Forum 2020 and won numerous awards such as the Bayard d’Or at Namur IFF, Diagonales Award at Festival Premiers Plans d’Angers, Best Documentary Award at the Athens International Film Festival and Magritte for Best Documentary.
