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Brittle (1997)
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.
Genre: Drama
Cast: Marnie Blok, Lieneke le Roux, Maartje Nevejan, Leonoor Pauw, Adelheid Roosen
Crew: Jolein Laarman (Writer), Mijke de Jong (Director), Mijke de Jong (Writer), Menno Boerema (Editor), Joost van Starrenburg (Cinematography), Jolein Laarman (Costume Design)
Subtitle: ETC.
Release: Sep 18, 1997
Popularity: 1.481
Language: Nederlands
Studio: SNG Film (Studio Nieuwe Gronden), VPRO
Country: Netherlands