Mass

Fran Kranz / US, 2021 / 110 min.

Psychologically refined, claustrophobic Kammerspiel in which the parents of a high school shooter end up face to face with the parents of one of his victims. What made him do it? can they truly understand one another and is forgiveness possible? Now released in the Netherlands.

A small, brightly lit room under a church is where two couples meet. Their lives connected by an unspeakable tragedy: they each lost a son to a high school shooting. Now the victim’s parents sit across from those of the perpetrator. They have all prepared thoroughly and try to stay polite and calm – the search for the right words proves trickier than imagined and their empathy is tried to the utmost.

This film will also be released in national cinemas by Eye Filmmuseum.

Please note: at about two-thirds of the film's running time, the frame ratio alters. This is an artistic choice by the director.

This is part of

Previously Unreleased

Director

Fran Kranz

Production year

2021

Country

Original title

Mass

Length

110 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

NLD

Format

DCP

Part of

Previously Unreleased

The films featured in Eye’s Previously Unreleased programme were screened at major national and international festivals, but were never released to Dutch cinemas. Every summer, Eye brings a choice of films previously selected for international festivals to Dutch film audiences to redress the balance.

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