Brittle
The parents of five sisters have been married for forty years; the daughters have gathered in the family beach house to make a video for them. The encounter is marked by many confrontations as well as cheerful moments. Reminiscent of the sweet children's poems that mother recited are countered by Elsschot's Marriage: 'He thought: I'll kill her and set light to the house...' It also turns out that father had once disappeared for eighteen months, a 'secret' that the daughters have different ideas about. Brittle, an intimate film version of a play written and performed by the same actresses, is about rivalry in a family, the right to silence, but also about the need for solidarity. At the Netherlands Film Festival in 1997 the Golden Calf for Best Actress was awarded to the five actresses together.
More from
More like this
View all →
Fatso
1980
In My Life
2009
Wilma or The Ghosts of Freedom
2025
Veni Vidi Vici
2024
H7N3
2014
Bran Nue Dae
2009
Seven Minutes in Heaven
1986
Remembrance
1996
Elvis & Nixon
2016
The Vintner's Luck
2009
Shouting Secrets
2011
And Then Came Lola
2009
In the Heart
2015
Mrs. Dalloway
1997
Skate Kitchen
2018
Somewhere
2010
Es geht nicht immer nur um Sex
2000
Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
1997
Drowsiness
2008
Shattered
2017
The Safety of Objects
2002
Bastard Out of Carolina
1996
Hounddog
2008
Iron Jawed Angels
2004
Lucky Them
2013
Call Me Crazy: A Five Film
2013
The Trials of Cate McCall
2013
A Dry White Season
1989
Holy Lands
2019
I Believe in Unicorns
2015
Strange Weather
2016
Sky
2016
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge
1999
The Girl in the Book
2015
The Truth About Emanuel
2013
The Poker House
2008
Normal
2003
TalhotBlond
2012
The Short History of the Long Road
2019
Bruised
2021
Cast
Marnie Blok
Teddy
Lieneke le Roux
Lian
Maartje Nevejan
Leen
Leonoor Pauw
Muis
Adelheid Roosen
Carlos
Would you have cast it differently?
Head over to myCast and share your dream cast for this movie.
Recent Reviews
No reviews yet.