De Idylle
In his second feature film, Aaron Rookus (Goodbye Stranger) portrays three generations of a Dutch family pursuing an impossible goal: the perfect fulfillment of life. With Eelco Smits, Hadewych Minis and Beppie Melissen.
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Please note that this film is in Dutch, without subtitles.
Victor finally comes out of the closet, but realises he is now considered too old for the dating market. His sister, opera diva Annika, is told she is incurably ill and imagines the life she could have had if she had made different choices. Meanwhile, their grandmother Joke just doesn’t succeed in ending her life, and 10-year-old Timo is ticking off his bucket list. All different people, searching for the same impossible goal: the perfect fulfilment of life.
Aaron Rookus, Belgium, Estonia, Netherlands, 2025, 99 min. Dutch spoken, without subtitles.
With Hadewych Minis, Beppie Melissen, Eelco Smits, Isacco Limper.