Every scene of the film comprises a dialogue between a man and a woman. The dialogues are fragmentary, in other words, the dialogue in one scene does not tie in with that of the next. In addition there is no development in the relationship between the actor and the actress towards a happy or unhappy ending. The dialogues are not only of substantial interest; it is above all material for the actors. The film balances on the boundary between portraying an intimate relationship between a woman and a man and the intimacy in the acting between the actor and actress. When an actor or actress hardly has any words in a scene, he or she portrays loneliness; when he/she has a monologue, then the attention is focused on speaking the text, on (the reflection about) being an actor. (Wim Schlebaum
Frans van de Staak
Director, Writer
Hanneke Stark
Writer
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Ghostlight71%
The Sunset Limited72%
Unthinkable68%
I Believe in Unicorns64%
May December65%
Hitchcock65%
Collateral Beauty72%
Goodbye June65%
Brief Encounter76%
Somewhere60%
Marriage Story77%
Love, Antosha74%
Marty74%
My Life Without Me61%
Malcolm & Marie69%
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The Souvenir60%
In the Heights71%