A fatal raid in a video store is the starting point for this ultimate short film within a film (ad infinitum) that plays a bizarre and refined game with fiction and reality. Each reality shown turns out to be acted. An ironic and dizzying commentary on the endless stream of recordings of `real life` with which society is flooded.
Also in this combined programme
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Vet!
Sex is cool. That is the misunderstanding that rules and is maintained by adolescent girls in the big city. A group of girlfriends noisily keep… -
De man in de linnenkast
A lonely, sombre and insignificant man discovers a special cupboard in the apartment he has just rented. Behind the heavy wooden doors, there is a… -
Sale
During the sales in IKEA, a woman, accompanied by her husband and two children, is suddenly gripped by the enormous desolation of her life. Then… -
Jigsaw
When an elderly single woman does a jigsaw puzzle in the evening, strange things happen. With each piece she puts down, something seems to be… -
Long Distance
A little girl waits with her mother for her father to come home. They don’t know he has had a serious car accident on his… -
Beet
In this short film without dialogue, 16-year-old Sjoerd is stuck on a campsite with his parents and sister against his will. His aversion however changes… -
De grotten van Han van Vloten
The prize-winning short film by Ellen Blom -who was given a Golden Calf for the Best Short Film at the last Nederlands Filmfestival -is based…
Film details
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2003
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2004
- Length
- 7'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
