Van de koele meren des doods
Nouchka van Brakel / NL, 1982 / 120 min.
Film adaptation of Frederik van Eeden’s naturalistic novel about the highs and lows of a well-to-do woman for whom life isn’t kind. Nouchka van Brakel paints a keenly-observed psychological portrait of a woman who literally goes mad due to the lack of freedom in a male-dominated world. Digital restoration.
The emphasis in Director Nouchka van Brakel’s film adaptation of Van Eeden’s famous novel is on the position of women in the patriarchy. Hedwig Marga de Fontayne (Renée Soutendijk) is beautiful, intelligent and well off. Her lust for life focuses on men in her environment, yet neither marriage nor affairs bring her happiness, a morphine addiction sees her end up as a prostitute in on the streets of Paris and, ultimately, an asylum.
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Director
Nouchka van Brakel
Production year
1982
Country
NL
Original title
Van de koele meren des doods
Length
120 min.
Language
Dutch
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Nouchka van Brakel
Nouchka van Brakel debuted with the short film Sabotage 55 years ago and went on to become the first female Dutch filmmaker to reach major audiences with films that centred on women – think of her works such as Het debuut (1977), Een vrouw als Eva (1979) and Van de koele meren des doods (1982), first released 40 years ago.
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