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The elderly Tom Werf returns from his winter home and finds out that his name has been deleted from the government's central computer. His benefits are stopped, he loses his place in a retirement home and is condemned to life as a homeless vagabond. His fight against bureaucracy and the technological society are also symbolic for his quest for his own identity.

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NFI Motion Pictures
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KRO TV
Distributor NL
Filmmuseum Distributie

Title: Toen Tom hoorde dat hij dood was
Year: 1997
Duration : 50 minutes
Category: Short TV drama
Edition: NFF 1998

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