Mijke de Jong — Playwright (2)
Brittle (1997) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Broos
director: Mijke de Jong actor: Marnie Blok / Lieneke le Roux
other title: Broos
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.
Tussenstand (2008) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Tussenstand
director: Mijke de Jong actor: Elsie de Brauw / Jennifer Jago
other title: 过渡阶段 / Stages
STAGES is a film about Roos and Martin, who are divorced but haven't become detached yet. When their 17-year old son Isaac withdraws ever deeper into silent isolation, they try to find a solution. Their attempts to find a solution for Isaac fail due to their frustrations from the past and their inability to listen to one another.