Real Faces (2025) ‘SXSW’ Movie Review —
“I stand in the window and watch the moon.
She is thin and lustreless,
But I love her.
I know the moon,
And this is an alien city.”
These words from Amy Lowell’s “A London Thoroughfare. 2 A.M.” mesh well into the DNA of “Real Faces” (2025), Leni Huyghe’s tender, ruminative drama about urban isolation. The city in question here is Brussels, where casting director Julia (Leonie Buysse) has recently moved in an effort to start anew. We are not privy to what exactly prompted this move, as Julia guards her true emotions instinctively and wears an amiable mask while navigating social situations. She seems content but unwittingly seeks human connection while lost in the sea of faces.
While apartment hunting in the city, Julia crosses paths with Eliott (Gorges Ocloo), a microbiologist who mostly keeps to himself and his cat, Wasabi. As the two share a beautiful apartment,...
“I stand in the window and watch the moon.
She is thin and lustreless,
But I love her.
I know the moon,
And this is an alien city.”
These words from Amy Lowell’s “A London Thoroughfare. 2 A.M.” mesh well into the DNA of “Real Faces” (2025), Leni Huyghe’s tender, ruminative drama about urban isolation. The city in question here is Brussels, where casting director Julia (Leonie Buysse) has recently moved in an effort to start anew. We are not privy to what exactly prompted this move, as Julia guards her true emotions instinctively and wears an amiable mask while navigating social situations. She seems content but unwittingly seeks human connection while lost in the sea of faces.
While apartment hunting in the city, Julia crosses paths with Eliott (Gorges Ocloo), a microbiologist who mostly keeps to himself and his cat, Wasabi. As the two share a beautiful apartment,...
- 3/10/2025
- by Debopriyaa Dutta
- High on Films
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