Directed by:
Martin KoolhovenScreenplay:
Mieke de JongCinematography:
Menno WestendorpComposer:
Paul M. van BruggeCast:
Monic Hendrickx, Frank Lammers, Oksana Akinshina, Olga Louzgina, Nazmiye Oral, Bart Klever, Ina Geerts, Chrisje Comvalius, Catalijn Willemsen, Fred Goessens (more)Plots(1)
Psychological drama in which Monic Hendrickx plays the self-assured Martje, who runs a thriving laundrette. The predominantly immigrant women working there worship their boss. When Martje falls in love with the new driver Loe (Frank Lammers), a great personal sorrow appears to lie hidden behind this seemingly strong woman's facade. Since one of her breasts was amputated, Martje wears a prosthesis, which makes relationships and motherhood delicate subjects for her. When Loe reacts awkwardly when they are cuddling and Martje cries on an employee's shoulder, the staff draw their conclusion and lock the man up in the boiler room. Martje does not intervene and gets caught up in lies ever further until she completely loses her sense of reality. A chain reaction of catastrophic events ensues. The style of the film is based on Lars von Trier's Dogma doctrine: as much natural light and sound as possible, handheld cameras and no tricks. (Nederlands Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Monic Hendrickx
Netherlands
Best movies:
Unfinished Sky (2007)
Ferry (2021)
Sonny Boy (2011)
Frank Lammers
Netherlands
Best movies:
Black Book (2006)
Admiral (2015)
Wild Mussels (2000)
Oksana Akinshina
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Versus (2016)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Lilja 4-ever (2002)
Olga Louzgina
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Romanoffs (2018) (series)
Nazmiye Oral
Netherlands
Best movies:
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Just Friends (2018) (TV movie)
No Such Thing as Housewives (2017)
Bart Klever
Netherlands
Best movies:
The Sea That Thinks (2000)
Mike Says Goodbye! (2012)
Clean Hands (2015)
Ina Geerts
Best movies:
Oxygen (2010)
The Treatment (2014)
Blind (2007)
Chrisje Comvalius
Aruba
Best movies:
Cool Kids Don't Cry (2012)
Skin (2008)
Off Screen (2005)
Catalijn Willemsen
Best movies:
Spoon (2005)
Fred Goessens
Netherlands
Best movies:
Character (1997)
Bluebird (2004) (TV movie)
Quality Time (2017)
Arnold Willems
Belgium
Tine Joustra
Best movies:
The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard (2021)
Rafaël (2018)
Bob Fosko
Netherlands
Best movies:
Mike Says Goodbye! (2012)
My Queen Karo (2009)
Mister Twister at the Pitch (2016)
Natasja Loturco
Netherlands
Vlatka Simac
Best movies:
Siberia (1998)