Directed by:
Jenneke BoeijinkScreenplay:
Jenneke BoeijinkCinematography:
Jeroen de BruinCast:
Tom Vermeir, Laura de Boer, Teresa Saponangelo, Mattijn Hartemink, Peggy Vrijens, Johan Heldenbergh, Han Kerckhoffs, Romana Vrede, Kristen Denkers (more)Plots(1)
The lives of Anna, Paul and their young son Thomas look perfect – from the outside. Paul has a well-paid, demanding career, Anna has a studio at home where she works with porcelain and Thomas is a angelic child. They have money, friends and each other. But when Thomas bites one of his friends at school, the first cracks appear in the glossy exterior of this 'perfect' life. It marks the start of a long, frustrating search for the cause of their son's aggression: a process that mercilessly exposes the frailties they each carefully hide and prompts the parents to take desperate measures – even calling in the help of an almost complete stranger. Jenneke Boeijink's fiction feature debut builds the tension painstakingly from the start; from the very first moment the camera zooms in from high above Rotterdam's multi-storey housing to this family's house. The psychological drama carried by actress Laura de Boer, Flemish actor Tom Vermeir and young Neathan van der Gronden demonstrates just how fragile happiness can be. (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
Tom Vermeir
Best movies:
Belgica (2016)
Alone at My Wedding (2018)
The Hive (2021)
Laura de Boer
Netherlands
Best movies:
Ku'damm 59 (2018) (series)
Happy End (2009)
A Dangerous Fortune (2016) (TV movie)
Teresa Saponangelo
Italy
Best movies:
The Major Fisherman (2016) (TV movie)
The Hand of God (2021)
The Eel (1997)
Mattijn Hartemink
Netherlands
Best movies:
Cool Kids Don't Cry (2012)
In Blue (2017)
Can Go Through Skin (2009)
Peggy Vrijens
Netherlands
Best movies:
The Hell of '63 (2009)
Johan Heldenbergh
Belgium
Best movies:
Quo vadis, Aida? (2020)
Antonia's Line (1995)
Ben X (2007)
Han Kerckhoffs
Netherlands
Best movies:
Vincent & Theo (1990)
Off Screen (2005)
Romana Vrede
Suriname
Best movies:
Nothing to Lose (2008)
Anne+: The Film (2021)
Kristen Denkers
Netherlands
Best movies:
Dames 4 (2015)
Gene Bervoets
Belgium
Best movies:
SM-rechter (2009)
Admiral (2015)
Loft (2008)
Flor Decleir
Best movies:
Blind Spot (2017)
Marina (2013)
Redbad (2018)
Joris Smit
Netherlands
Best movies:
Van Der Valk (2020) (series)
Bert Luppes
Netherlands
Best movies:
Black Book (2006)
The Dress (1996)
Amsterdamned (1988)