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Completed - DUTCH - Drama - 95 minutes

Log Line

One hour above ground is worth more than an eternity underneath it.

Previous markets

  • Cannes 2009 (Debut)
Full history

Year of production : 2009

Director(s) : Frans WEISZ
Writer(s) : Judith HERZBERG
Cast : Pierre BOKMA, Kitty COURBOIS, Edwin DE VRIES, Rijk DE GOOIJER

Producer(s) : Hans DE WEERS (Eyeworks Film & TV Drama)

Synopsis

HAPPY END is the third part of Frans Weisz’s family trilogy. The drama picks up eighteen years later with the patriarchal Simon mortally ill. The family meets at his bedside to decide what to do. Somebody mentions euthanasia, but the family cannot and will not talk about that subject. In order to put his father out of his pain, Isaac disconnects the tubes, but to everyone’s surprise Simon doesn’t pass away – he recovers.

Production

Country(ies) : NETHERLANDS

Festivals and Awards

San Sebastian FF 2011 - Official selection (Prize for Best Cinematography)


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