Here

"Here" is Brussels, a city with many major building sites. But where is home? The builder Stefan (Stefan Gota), a migrant worker from Romania, is about to leave for a vacation home with his mother. To empty his fridge, he cooks a large pot of soup, which he delivers in portions to his friends - a night porter at the hotel and Romanian mechanics - and his sister, who works in a hospital. As his car is in the garage, he walks long distances in the outskirts of the city, passing glass facades, cranes, train tracks and forests. Twice he accidentally meets Shuxiu (Liyo Gong), a moss scientist who teaches at the university and helps out in her aunt's restaurant. He is fascinated by her interest in something almost invisible. In the radiant light of summer and with many shades of darkness, the film uses beautiful 4:3 tableaux to depict nature and urbanity, greenery and concrete, cells magnified by a microscope, faces and the city. It is worth paying attention to the things that often go unnoticed. (bik)