<strong>Abel</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/alex-van-warmerdam?film=abel', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Alex van Warmerdam' });" text="Alex van Warmerdam">Alex van Warmerdam</a>, 1986<br>Short<br> <strong>Abel</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/alex-van-warmerdam?film=abel', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Alex van Warmerdam' });" text="Alex van Warmerdam">Alex van Warmerdam</a>, 1986<br>Short<br> <strong>Abel</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/alex-van-warmerdam?film=abel', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Alex van Warmerdam' });" text="Alex van Warmerdam">Alex van Warmerdam</a>, 1986<br>Short<br> <strong>Abel</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/alex-van-warmerdam?film=abel', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Alex van Warmerdam' });" text="Alex van Warmerdam">Alex van Warmerdam</a>, 1986<br>Short<br> <strong>Abel</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/alex-van-warmerdam?film=abel', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Alex van Warmerdam' });" text="Alex van Warmerdam">Alex van Warmerdam</a>, 1986<br>Short<br> <strong>Abel</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/alex-van-warmerdam?film=abel', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Alex van Warmerdam' });" text="Alex van Warmerdam">Alex van Warmerdam</a>, 1986<br>Short<br> <strong>Abel</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/alex-van-warmerdam?film=abel', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Alex van Warmerdam' });" text="Alex van Warmerdam">Alex van Warmerdam</a>, 1986<br>Short<br> <strong>Abel</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/alex-van-warmerdam?film=abel', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Alex van Warmerdam' });" text="Alex van Warmerdam">Alex van Warmerdam</a>, 1986<br>Short<br> <strong>Abel</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/alex-van-warmerdam?film=abel', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Alex van Warmerdam' });" text="Alex van Warmerdam">Alex van Warmerdam</a>, 1986<br>Short<br> <strong>Abel</strong><br><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="Shadowbox.open({content: '/profs_en/persons/alex-van-warmerdam?film=abel', player: 'iframe', width: 600, height: 300, title: 'Alex van Warmerdam' });" text="Alex van Warmerdam">Alex van Warmerdam</a>, 1986<br>Short<br>

Abel

 
Absurdist drama about thirty-one-year-old Abel, who still lives with his parents. The latter feel it is time for their son to leave the nest, but Abel does not fancy the idea. He scans the town with his binoculars and tries to snip through flies in full flight. The arrival of a TV set marks the turning point. Van Warmerdam's feature film début won two Golden Calves in 1986: for Best Full-length Feature film and Best Direction.
Production year1986
Length98 minutes
Production countryNetherlands
DirectorAlex van Warmerdam
ProducerDick Maas
ProducerLaurens Geels
ProducerRobert Swaab
ScenarioAlex van Warmerdam
ScenarioOtakar Votocek
CameraMarc Felperlaan
Production DesignHarry Ammerlaan
Set GeluidGeorges Bossaers
EditorHans van Dongen
MuziekVincent van Warmerdam
Production companyFirst Floor Features
Cast
Alex van Warmerdam, Olga Zuiderhoek, Arend Jan Heerma van Voss, Peer Mascini, Henri Garcin, Annet Malherbe, Loes Luca, Anton Kothuis, Elmar Schiphorst, Josse De Pauw, Mieke Verdin