Completed - DUTCH - First film, Experimental, Thriller - 49 minutes
A misogynist psychiatrist grows increasingly obsessed by a female client who liberated herself from a toxic relationship.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Rudi BREKELMANS Writer(s) : Rudi BREKELMANS Cast : Michaël PAS, Astrid VAN ECK, Melody KLAVER, Huub SMIT, Christine VAN STRALEN, Bart OOMEN, Frieda PITTOORS, Jente CLAUS, Rogier SCHIPPERS, Ilse DE KOE, Ariane VAN VLIET Producer(s) : Rudi BREKELMANS (RUBR Film), Nienke VAN BOOM (Bonsai Film)
Charles Dujardin is an agoraphobic psychiatrist who hasn't left his house in years and who has grown increasingly isolated and world-weary. He projects his issues onto his wife and his clients. When an attractive, troubled woman enters his practice he is triggered by her story. Having been trapped inside a toxic relationship for years the untimely death of her husband has left her with a newfound freedom, which she uses to seduce and discard men left and right. Charles obsesses over her and has trouble distinguishing fantasy from reality. When his wife is taken ill his projections grow ever darker, culminating in a violent ending.
Country(ies) : NETHERLANDS
Nederlands Filmfestival 2019 (Nominated for best directorial debut)Lift Off Global Network 2020 (Best feature film)FIC Autor Guadalajara 2020 (Best medium length film)New Renaissance Film Festival 2020 (Best thriller / Best actor)Derby Film Festival 2020 (Best mid-length film)Amazing shorts Madrid 2021 (Best actor / Best supporting actress)Fusion International Film Festival 2021 (Best sound design)Austin Arthouse Film Festival 2021 (Official selection)BLow-Up International Arthouse Filmfest 2021 (Official selection)New York City Independent Film Festival 2022 (Official selection)