EEN VROUW ALS EVA (1979)
dir. Nouchka van Brakel
While on holiday in France, housewife Eve meets young feminist and commune-dweller Liliane while on vacation in the south of France. At first, she is simply entertained and fascinated by Liliane's free-wheeling, back-to-nature existence but soon discovers that there are both sexual and romantic components to her attraction. Once the decision is made to divorce her husband, Eve spends some time with Liliane before going back home to fight over custody of her two children.
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SWEET DREAMS (2023)
Directed by Ena Sendijarević
Cinematography by Emo Weemhoff
Set in the aftermath in the heyday of the Dutch East Indies, this dark comedy deals with the aftermath of a plantation owner's death.
Can we engage with power in any ethical way, when the power is derived through sheer violence? Can the victims of the violence reclaim this power in any ethical way? Perhaps the only answer is to leave...
GEWOON VRIENDEN (2018)
dir. Annemarie van de Mond
Yad returns from a life of study and partying in Amsterdam to his hometown. To his mother’s dismay, he settles for a job working as care assistant to an elderly woman named Ans, and meets Joris, her handsome grandson. The spark is instant. But with Yad’s parents nagging him about his career choices, and Joris’s struggling with his father's death and his mother's disapproval will love have a chance to blossom?
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