Brittle
The parents of five sisters have been married for forty years; the daughters have gathered in the family beach house to make a video for them. The encounter is marked by many confrontations as well as cheerful moments. Reminiscent of the sweet children's poems that mother recited are countered by Elsschot's Marriage: 'He thought: I'll kill her and set light to the house...' It also turns out that father had once disappeared for eighteen months, a 'secret' that the daughters have different ideas about. Brittle, an intimate film version of a play written and performed by the same actresses, is about rivalry in a family, the right to silence, but also about the need for solidarity. At the Netherlands Film Festival in 1997 the Golden Calf for Best Actress was awarded to the five actresses together.
Year: 1997
Genre: Drama
Studio: SNG Film (Studio Nieuwe Gronden), VPRO
Director: Mijke de Jong
Cast: Marnie Blok, Lieneke le Roux, Maartje Nevejan, Leonoor Pauw, Adelheid Roosen
Crew: Mijke de Jong (Director), Mijke de Jong (Writer), Jolein Laarman (Writer), René Scholten (Producer), René Goossens (Executive Producer), Joost van Starrenburg (Cinematography)
Runtime: 80 minutes
Release: Sep 18, 1997
IMDb: 6.00/10 by 1 users
Popularity: 0
Country: Netherlands
Language: Nederlands
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
Keyword : woman director
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