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Leitmotiv

Director: Julian Verkerk
The failing novelist Herman Henkelman wants to win back his audience by writing socially engaged work. This leads to a bittersweet struggle. After all, does he have anything meaningful to say?
Author Herman Henkelman is not really going great guns. When he is one of the guests on a cool talk show, the quick-witted host even makes a fool of him. What do you actually have to say about the world, she confronts Herman. He grapples for an answer. Determined to take revenge after his flop, he decides to write a socially engaged book. This puts him face to face with an unexpected challenge. Could it be he overestimated himself? In this short tragicomedy, Herman’s attempt to be relevant takes on ever more absurd forms.


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Type: Short Film
Theme: Comedy

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