Skunk

His father a drunken bully, his mother a loveless drug addict: as a child, Liamendures a hell of humiliation and abuse, but when the youth welfare office
finally takes him out of his brutal home, the nightmare continues. In children’shome he’s the outsider, the victim of the other boys, the target of force,
beatings and rape. Fueled by despair, violent videos and thoughts of revenge, Liam’s rage grows stronger every day - until not even social worker Pauline can
get through to him. At the end of Liam’s journey stands an act of unimaginable brutality. With »Skunk«, Koen Mortier celebrates a triumphant return to the motifs of his first film. As with »Ex Drummer« back then, the exceptional Belgian director expertly dissects a miserable milieu on the margins of society, approaches his characters to the point of pain and beyond - and, thanks to an undisguised intimacy, finds deep within the often dark heart that drives them. As Liam, young hibaud Dooms is an acting revelation of intoxicating power. And »Skunk« is a movie that hurts. A movie that leaves scars. A movie that is necessary.