Brittle
1997, Dutch. Directed by Mijke de Jong.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Dutch
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- Released
- 18 September 1997
- Original title
- Broos
- Country
- Netherlands
- Written by
- Mijke de Jong, Jolein Laarman
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Who directed Brittle?
Brittle (1997) was directed by Mijke de Jong and stars Marnie Blok, Lieneke le Roux, Maartje Nevejan.