Blue Heron

In Sophy Romvari’s lyrical debut, a Hungarian-Canadian family’s lives are rocked when their move to a seemingly idyllic new house sees their eldest child displaying erratic behaviour.

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Credits

  • Director-screenwriter

    Sophy Romvari

  • With

    Eylul Guven, Iringó Réti, Amy Zimmer

  • Canada, Hungary 2025. 90min

  • Courtesy of

    MoreThan Films

  • Languages

    English, Hungarian

    With English subtitles

Introduction

It’s the 1990s and eight-year-old Sasha settles into the minutiae of her new life on Vancouver Island. But there are hushed conversations between her parents and nobody can explain what’s troubling Jeremy, her older brother. Beautifully shot and boldly structured, Romvari’s debut feature is a potent rumination on the complexity of trying to understand our loved ones.

Grace Barber-Plentie

Content warning

Contains themes of self harm.

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