Marja Kok

The whole film is dedicated to portraying the twilight years of Maarten and Vera Klein, an elderly Dutch couple living in a small Nova Scotia community. (KG)

The plot follows a Dutch horticulturist from the day he leaves his farm to be admitted to hospital for cancer treatment to the inevitable sad ending. The film displays intensely how the different people concerned deal with the taboo of cancer (which was very strong in the 70s). Nobody tells the protagonist that he is in fact fatally ill so that he has to discover that by himself and come to terms with it. (imdb)

"Red Sunset" - A realistic fairy tale about old people in the no man's land between life and death, set in a retirement home.

The improvisation-based performance was inspired by psychiatrists such as RD Laing (Family and Madness) and J. Foudraine (Who is of wood). The Werkteater played this performance 'in the den of the lion': in psychiatric institutions for patients and carers. This led to very intensive and adventurous performances in which 'a lot' always happened. Afterwards the discussions sometimes ran high, but even during the performance the audience sometimes mixed themselves in the scenes.

Happiness and sadness, joy and sorrow at the campsite. Secret letters, hysteria, bullying, hippie romanticism, betrayal and fading love.

The fascinated confessions of Joan Crawford.

About the progressive culture group Het Werkteater at their home base on Kattengat 10 in Amsterdam.

Mockumentaries

In 1928 in the northern part of the Netherlands, a man has an affair with the wife of one of his friends (who is in jail at the time). Because she abandons her children to move in with him, the police are sent to arrest her. This leads to a dramatic confrontation. (imdb)