Kracht + Q&A
Following the screening of Kracht – a drama about an artist from the city who begins a relationship with a young Limburgian farmer who has recently lost his wife, shot in the south of Limburg with the help of a variety of local associations – there will be a Q&A (in Dutch) with Dave van Dinther, who played the farmer's son in the film.
Kracht (digitale restauratie)
Rural drama about a frustrated artist from the city who starts a relationship with a young Limburg farmer who has recently lost his wife. Restored Dutch classic; winner of a Golden Calf for best director at the time.
Rural drama about a frustrated artist from the city who starts a relationship with a young Limburg farmer who has recently lost his wife. Restored Dutch classic; winner of a Golden Calf for best director at the time.
The confrontation between city and countryside produces tragic misunderstandings. In order to get closer to the farmer, artist Roos does her utmost to equal his late wife. With her rich imagination, she takes things a little too far.
Frouke Fokkema’s feature debut was made in cooperation with theatre group De Trust. The film won a Golden Calf (the Dutch equivalent to the Oscars) for Best Director and was successful at several international film festivals. Fokkema subsequently made the films WILDGROEI (1994) and DE OMWEG (2000) and wrote the screenplay for SUZY Q by Martin Koolhoven. The film has been digitally restored and is Eye’s contribution to A Season of Classic Films, an initiative involving 24 European film heritage institutions that highlights national and regional film archives.