Rated X
70 min / DigiBeta b&w / no dialogue
2009
In this impressionistic experimental drama, a woman walks a fine line between sanity and madness in a world of constant twilight. Nellie Benner plays a young woman who works at a filling station and lives a life of emotional isolation. No one seems to pay attention to her, and she lives in a run-down flat that looks as if it's decaying before our eyes. As the woman wrestles with the demons that are taking hold within her mind, she frequently confronts herself in the mirror, often while naked. An older man (Titus Muizelaar) who has seen the woman through her windows becomes fascinated with her, but his attempts to integrate himself into her world have strange and unexpected consequences, especially when a gun enters the picture. Shot almost entirely without dialogue.
Nellie Benner - Girl
Titus Muizelaar - Man
Crew:
directed by: Maartje Seyferth, Victor Nieuwenhuijs
written by: Maartje Seyferth
director of photography: Victor Nieuwenhuijs
location sound: Federico Bonelli & Sander Schreuders
edited by: Vima Kara
sound design: Sander Schreuders
sound mix: Marco Vermaas & Sander Schreuders
editing facilities: Tarek/Imagegrabbing
on-line color grading: Guy Molin
music: Pierre Bastien, Hansko Visser and Plan Kruutntoone.
produced by:
Moskito Film Foundation, Plexus Film Production, Paradise Movies, de Productie
Festivals
2009 – International Film Festival Rotterdam – worldpremiere
2009 – Nederlands Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands
2009 – International Film Summerfest, Durres, Albania
2010 – Holland Film Week, Kiev, Ukrain
2010 – Golden Eye International Film festival for Camera-men, Tblisi, Georgia
2011 – European Film Forum SCANORAMA, Vilnius, Lithuania
International Sales: REEL SUSPECTS.
Distribution in NL: Mokum Filmdistributie
Currently available on
Vimeo On Demand
VICTOR E. NIEUWENHUIJS
&
MAARTJE SEYFERTH