Soft Leaves
Yuna’s parents separated when she was young. Her mother returned to Japan to remarry and start a new family, leaving her in Belgium with her father. Years later, a sudden accident leaves him in a coma, prompting her mother’s return, this time with a half-sister Yuna barely knows. It’s more than Yuna can handle at first, but as her father shows signs of recovery, she is forced to confront her own feelings and navigate the complex times of her fractured family.
Cast
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- Geert van Rampelberg
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- Masako Tomita
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- Kaito Defoort
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- Sara Hamasaki
Soft Leaves
Miwako Van Weyenberg
- Fiction
- Production Country / Year
- Belgium 2025
- Language
- nl., ja., dt. OF m. engl. UT
- Format
- DCP, Color, 98min
1.85:1, Discrete 5.1
Director & Crew
Miwako Van Weyenberg
Born in 1993 in Belgium. Studied Film at the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) in Brussels/Belgium. Active as a director and screenwriter.
Filmography
| 2014 | Only Child | Kurzfilm | |
| 2015 | Il Faisait Noir | Kurzfilm | |
| 2017 | Summer Rain | Kurzfilm | |
| 2025 | Soft Leaves | Spielfilm | 2025 |
"Soft Leaves is a story about the search for identity, on one hand in a family, on the other hand in different cultures. About growing up, about acceptance. The main character Yuna's world is one that I know very well. With a very personal and intimate approach, I believe that Soft Leaves is a very universal story. Through Yuna's eyes, I would like to immerse the viewer into the imperfections of family. Because aren't we all part of growing up in the beauty of imperfection?"
- Writer
- Miwako Van Weyenberg
- Director of Photography
- Tristan Galand
- Editor
- Matyas Veress
- Production Designer
- Natalia Trevino
- Costume Designer
- Maud Kuypers
- Casting Director
- Miwako Van Weyenberg
- Sound
- Mathias Pico
- Make-up
- Julia Bialy
- Vanessa Cogorno
- Producer
- Antonino Lombardo