THERMES

Baths

Bélgica. 2010. Color. 27 min. Ficción. 35mm.

Film Director: Banu Akseki.
Scriptwriter: Banu Akseki.
Co-production: Francia

Joachim is fifteen. He wins two invitations to a Spa & Health centre and decides to go with his mother. They're projected into an unusual haven of good health that pulls them in diverging directions. The eternal drama of solitude and breakdown gets played out in this aquatic microcosm...

Banu Akseki

Banu was born in Ankara in 1974. She has been based in Brussels for many years, where she studied political sciences at the ULB (University of Brussels) before completing a film Editing and Continuity degree at the Institute of the Arts of Distribution (IAD). After having worked for several years as an editor she turned to directing with her first short film 'Songes d'une femme de ménage' that won many prizes in festivals the world over. 'Thermes' is her second film, and she is currently working on her first feature.