Release Date

18 Sep, 1997

Runtime

01:20: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

The parents of five sisters have been married for forty years; the daughters have gathered in the family beach house to make a video for them. The encounter is marked by many confrontations as well as cheerful moments. Reminiscent of the sweet children's poems that mother recited are countered by Elsschot's Marriage: 'He thought: I'll kill her and set light to the house...' It also turns out that father had once disappeared for eighteen months, a 'secret' that the daughters have different ideas about. Brittle, an intimate film version of a play written and performed by the same actresses, is about rivalry in a family, the right to silence, but also about the need for solidarity. At the Netherlands Film Festival in 1997 the Golden Calf for Best Actress was awarded to the five actresses together.

Original Title

Broos

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Actors

Marnie Blok

Lieneke le Roux

Maartje Nevejan

Leonoor Pauw

Adelheid Roosen

Crew

Jolein Laarman

Mijke de Jong

Mijke de Jong

Menno Boerema

Joost van Starrenburg

Jolein Laarman

René Scholten

René Goossens

Jolein Laarman