De witte waan
Adriaan Ditvoorst / NL, 1984 / 96 min.
Mothers and sons: the relationship doesn’t always work. The romantic decadent painter Laszlo (Thom Hoffman) is nevertheless reconciled with his dying mother – after which it’s all the way to the end in style, with champagne and pills.
For a long time, Adriaan Ditvoorst (1940-1987) was considered the most original Dutch cinematic talent. For De witte waan, Ditvoorst adapted the play De moeder van David S. by Yvonne Keuls. The film focuses on the problematic relationship between a dominant mother and her son (Thom Hoffman), who lives in a squat, paints and uses heroin.
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Director
Adriaan Ditvoorst
Production year
1984
Country
NL
Original title
De witte waan
Length
96 min.
Language
Dutch
Subtitles
NONE
Format
35mm
Part of
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