Director
Rudi Van Den Bossche
Composer
Wim De Wilde
Cast
Dirk Roofthooft, Hilde Heijnen, Hans De Munter, Peter Gorissen, Ingrid De Vos, Sara Vertongen, Gijs Scholten Van Aschat, Rifka Lodeizen, Nand Buyl
88'
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2001
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Drama, Thriller
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Dialogue:
Dutch, Yiddish
On Christmas Eve, a man is being interrogated. He is the main suspect in a mysterious murder case. The man himself, Bernard Van de Wiele, does not understand why he has been taken in for interrogation. Because he stubbornly refuses to answer any questions, one of the inspectors brings in a typewriter, an Olivetti 82, reasoning that the man is a writer, and that way he’ll be able to tell his story. Gradually the man starts telling us the story of his life – a search for love and security: the hate of his mother because he reminds her too much of her Canadian lover, the tragic death of his little sister, his unhappy marriage and the close relation with his daughter Evelien. At the end of his story, the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle fall into their gruesome place …
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Credits
Directors
Rudi Van Den Bossche
Composers
Wim De Wilde
Cast
Dirk Roofthooft, Hilde Heijnen, Hans De Munter, Peter Gorissen, Ingrid De Vos, Sara Vertongen, Gijs Scholten Van Aschat, Rifka Lodeizen, Nand Buyl
Scenario
Rudi Van Den Bossche, Ilse Somers
Director of Photography
Richard Van Oosterhout, Goert Giltay
Editors
Ludo Troch
Producers
Antonino Lombardo, Rein Boumans
More info
Dialogue
Dutch, Yiddish
Countries of production
Belgium, The Netherlands
Year
2001