Aan de andere kant

In this documentary, inhabitants of Bakel in Noord-Brabant and Bakel in Senegal turn out to have more in common than just the name of their residence. Is there a parallel universe, after all?

Two seemingly sleepy villages awaken at the break of dawn of globalisation. While some inhabitants of Bakel try to go with the flow of the developments of modern life, others frenetically cling to nostalgic ideas of what their Noord-Brabant residence used to be. In this documentary, the village of Bakel in the Netherlands and the village of Bakel in Senegal are portrayed. It is precisely the persistent mirroring of these two villages that makes this observing film a universal portrait of man, playing with stereotypes and filled with paradoxes.

Credits

Director

Producer

Executive producer

Script

Camera

Sound Design

Set geluid

Jaap W. Sijben
Joris Schouten
Leleane Lindenaar

Sound editing

Vincent Sinceretti

Montage

Jos Driessen

Muziek

Juho Nurmela
Ella van der Woude

: Production company
Copper Views Film Productions
TV company
Omroep Brabant
Postproduction company
Postready

Title: Aan de andere kant
Year: 2018
Duration : 52 minutes
Category: Short Documentary
Edition: NFF 2018

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