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The Netherlands2019documentary55'
Unique for documentary cinema, the film is an in-depth dialogue between a scientist and an artist who share one passion in life – the mysterious disease of multiple sclerosis. For him, a neurologist, it is an exhausting professional challenge. For her, an author, it is a severe personal tragedy. They both share frustration. Two languages of description and two perspectives become intertwined in a poignant but scientifically sound report on the status of helplessness.
- directed by
- Suzanne Raes
Film director, producer and screenwriter. She has been working as an independent filmmaker for more than 20 years. Her early films a.o. "The Houses of Hristina" (2007), "The Rainbow Warriors of Waiheke Island" (2009), and "The Successor of Kakiemon" (2012) premiered at IDFA and won several awards at international film festivals. Her film "Come Closer" about Boudewijn de Groot received the IDFA Music Audience Award in 2015. For her film about the Rotterdam social service, "Quid pro quo" (2015) Raes won a Golden Calf, the most important film award in the Netherlands. More recent the co-production "Ganz; How I Lost My Bettle" had a successful theatrical release and has been broadcasted in the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland.
- cinematography
- Gregor Meerman
- script
- Suzanne Raes
- animated by
- Rob Haarsma
- music
- Jaap van Keulen
- editing
- Patrick Janssens
- production
- Fabie Hulsebos, Ilja Roomans (Docmakers)
- Photo
