Two separated parents have lost grip of their seventeen-year-old son, who is going through an adolescence crisis. He turns his back on the outside world and withdraws in impenetrable silence. Unable to make contact with him, his father and mother meanwhile lose themselves in hurting each other and raking up old frustrations. They say a lot, but hardly listen.
Tussenstand (Stages) is a meticulously structured, hermetical film full of contrast that rests on a torrent of words and the deafening silence in between. The series of emotional conversations the parents have in hip urban establishments with each other and their friends and colleagues are alternated with the son's self-elected isolation in the sterile apartment he shares with his mother. The camera registers with distant shots and hard close-ups, in which the actors can fully display their qualities as character actors.
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Set geluid
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Muziek
Gouden Kalf winner
Beste Geluid (2007)
Kees de Groot
Beste Actrice (2007)
Elsie de Brauw
Beste Geluid (2007)
Joost Roskam
Beste Regie (2007)
Mijke de Jong
Beste Geluid (2007)
Pepijn Aben
Beste Geluid (2007)
Mark Glynne
Gouden Kalf nominees
Beste Acteur (2007)
Marcel Musters
Beste Montage (2007)
Dorith Vinken (NCE)
Other awards
Prijs v.d. Nederlandse Filmkritiek (2007)
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