TESSA
Dimitri Verhulst
Synopsis
How can a relationship survive when, on a hot summer’s day, one of the parents inadvertently left a toddler in the car, resulting in the child’s death? Is there room for understanding or forgiveness? And will the ‘perpetrator’ ever come to terms with themselves?
Production Status
In development
Script Support from Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF)
Bio Director
Dimitri Verhulst is a well-known Belgian writer of novels, theater, poetry, lyrics and screenplays. With his books he won the Young Europeans Literature Prize, Libris and Gouden Uil Boekenprijs. His works have already been translated into 30 languages and three of his books were filmed: ‘De Helaasheid der Dingen’, ‘Problemski Hotel’ and ‘Angel’ (Koen Mortier). A fourth film adaptation is in the making: ‘De Laatkomer’. In 2024 his first feature film ‘Waarom Wettelen / The Weeping Walk’ was released. While continuing to write novels, he’s also working on his second feature film: ‘Tessa’.