Time of Moulting

The intimations of what might happen once the camera looks away are more chilling and disturbing than what we do see.

It may seem strange to qualify Mertens’ audaciously original production as ‘horror’ when it has no gory set pieces, jump scares, monsters or special effects. Yet, despite a lack of these things, Time of Moulting is very much a horror film.

After watching Time of Moulting it felt like I’d seen something I wasn’t supposed to see, as if Mertens was letting me in on a secret that dared not to be spoken aloud let alone shared.

Time of Moulting is horror of a unique but palpable variety, capturing every parent's nightmare: the fear that wrong choices can doom a child to a life of emotional turmoil.

Eighty minutes of a young girl disintegrating in the lack of warmth from her family. Beautifully produced and performed, but I don't understand the point.

Disturbing and captivating. [Full review in Spanish]

Mertens is always juxtaposing the visual beauty of the mundane with the psychological dread of potential nightmare.

Each of the girls who plays Stephanie is remarkable in a different way.