Release Date
15 Mar, 1984
Runtime
01:45: (HH:MM)
Synopsis
Unrelenting pessimism dominates this slow-paced, dark film, the debut feature from director Digna Sinke dedicated to an archetypal born loser named Marian (Josee Ruiter). Marian is a journalist who has been working in Latin America and who arrives home just after her father dies to find out that the man she had married for purely political reasons might be deported because the authorities found out he was not living with her. Meanwhile, Marian is upset that her mother and sister are keeping her mentally handicapped brother in an institution, and she goes there to get him released into her custody -- a mistake it turns out. He is actually worse off with her, and vice-versa. On top of everything, Marian cannot break away from the depression she feels over a tragic incident that happened while she was in Latin America -- and anything she does is colored by that moment from the past. These burdens become almost too much to bear, both for Marian and the viewers.
Original Title
De stille Oceaan
Photos
Josse De Pauw
Johan Leysen
Julien Schoenaerts
Andrea Domburg
Josée Ruiter
Moniek Kramer
Reinout Bussemaker
Elsje de Wijn
Peter Tuinman
Marion Hänsel