De Kamer

Bernard Lier | Netherlands | 1998 | 17' |

| IFFR 1999

Black & white film with no dialogue comprising long shots about loneliness and impotence. Two women and a man live in a room in a rainy harbour town, where they sometimes do strange things. They hardly have any contact with each other. Just once, the woman in the wheelchair strokes the man’s head.

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Film details

Country of production: Netherlands
Year: 1998
Festival edition: IFFR 1999
Length: 17"
Medium/Format: 16mm
Premiere status: World premiere
Director: Bernard Lier
Producer: Frans van de Staak, Dolfin Films
Principal cast: Mirjam Ghijsels, Bernard Lier
Cinematography: Jan Wich
Screenplay: Bernard Lier
Sales / World rights holder: Dolfin Films

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