Press — Marieke, Marieke

Press kit contents

A complete press kit for Marieke, Marieke typically includes the items below. If you are preparing coverage, request the package in a single message and specify your deadline and output format (web, print, catalogue PDF).

• Press kit (PDF)
• Official synopsis (short & long versions)
• Director statement (short paragraph)
• Cast & crew credits (copy-ready block)
• Technical specifications (runtime, language, picture/sound info)
• High-resolution film stills (web + print sizes)
• Poster / key artwork (print-ready)
• Trailer information (embed-ready reference)

Official synopsis (short)

Marieke, Marieke follows a 20-year-old woman living in Brussels, holding herself together through routine while searching for warmth in relationships that feel safer because they are controlled. When a book editor arrives looking for her late father’s final manuscript, the family’s silence is forced into the open. The search for a text becomes a confrontation with grief, secrecy, and the patterns Marieke uses to survive.

Official synopsis (long)

Marieke is 20 and lives with her mother, Jeanne, in a household defined by what is not said. The father is gone, and the absence has become a rule: no questions, no revisiting, no instability. During the day, Marieke works at a chocolate factory in Brussels, clinging to repetition because repetition feels safe. At night, she escapes into relationships with much older men. These meetings are not glamour or adventure; they are a coping system-warmth on demand, comfort without vulnerability, intimacy without real consequences.

The fragile balance breaks when Jacoby arrives. He is a book editor living abroad, and he is searching for Marieke’s late father’s last manuscript. Jeanne reacts with immediate resistance, trying to keep Jacoby away and keep the past closed. Marieke refuses to obey the boundary. As she gets closer to Jacoby and to the manuscript, the story tightens: what began as a professional search becomes a private confrontation. Marieke is pushed toward truths she has never been allowed to ask for-about her father, about her mother, and about herself.

The film is a character-driven drama built on realism and restraint. Its tension comes from small decisions, silence, and the cost of habits that stop working when the past returns.

Credits (copy-ready)

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• Title: Marieke, Marieke
• Year: 2010
• Countries: Belgium / Germany
• Runtime: 85 minutes
• Original language: French
• Written & directed by: Sophie Schoukens
• Principal cast: Hande Kodja, Jan Decleir, Barbara Sarafian, Caroline Berliner

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