Completed - DUTCH, ENGLISH - Black comedy - 98 minutes
A tragicomedy about the Van End family who, after the arrival of an impossibly perfect German exchange student, can no longer imagine how they ever managed to live with their imperfect selves. (Sales: M-Appeal)
Year of production : 2012 Director(s) : Michiel TEN HORN Writer(s) : Anne BARNHORN Cast : Jaqueline BLOM, Rafael GAREISEN, Vivian DIERICKX Producer(s) : Iris OTTEN (Pupkin Film), Pieter KUIJPERS (Pupkin Film), Sander VAN MEURS (Pupkin Film)
is a tragicomedy about the Van End family. Evert (48), Etty (46), Erwin (20), Manuel (16) and Eva (15) are a perfectly normal family, who over the years have developed a slightly dysfunctional way of relating to one another. Then, all of a sudden, the incarnation of perfection enters their lives, embodied by German exchange student Veit (17). With his arrival, doubt, insecurity, fear and desire invade the Van End family. How have they been able to function all these years, with all of their imperfections? During the course of Veit’s stay, all five family members start to reinvent themselves, as they feel increasingly alienated from themselves and from each other. It turns out, however, that it’s not perfection that brings happiness, but their blood ties. And besides, nobody’s really perfect…
Country(ies) : NETHERLANDS
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