Wan pipel
Pim de la Parra / NL, SR, 1976 / 111 min.
Wan Pipel is screened on Surinam TV every year, around Independence Day (25 November). Pim de la Parra’s classic explores the tensions between Surinamese idealists and their former colonisers. De la Parra passed away on 6 September.
Pim de la Parra’s narrative about student Roy Ferrol who returns to Paramaribo is viewed as 'the first Surinamese feature film'. Director De la Parra’s Wan Pipel touched on themes seen as controversial at the time. Will Roy (Borger Breeveld), an economics student, opt for his white, Dutch girlfriend Karina (Van Ammelrooy) or will he follow his heart and marry the Hindustani Rubia (Diana Gangaram Panday) to help develop Surinam? Roy is trapped between two worlds when he returns home to visit his dying mother.
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Director
Pim de la Parra
Production year
1976
Country
NL, SR
Original title
Wan pipel
Length
111 min.
Language
Dutch, Hindi
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.
In Memoriam
Pim de la Parra was one of the Netherlands' most colourful directors, and an inspiration to many young Dutch and Surinamese filmmakers. With a free-spirited approach to film-making, he changed the course of the Dutch feature film. He died on 6 September at the age of 84.
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