Anna and Paul are literally and figuratively at the top of the social ladder. When their son gets a mysterious affliction, their seemingly perfect life starts to crack.
Businessman Paul has created an anchor of stability full of material wealth for his family. His wife Anna is a leading expert in the restoration of porcelain. Then, their eight-year-old son Thomas falls ill and their carefully constructed life is suddenly volatile. The façade they hold up mercilessly crumbles, like brittle porcelain that can no longer be glued back together. Dark fairy-tale, dealing with three universal fears that are deeply embedded in our society: the fear of being a bad parent, of the loss of control and of death.
Credits
Director
Producer
Co-producer
Executive producer
Camera
Production Design
Kostuumontwerp
Sound Design
Set geluid
GezondheidFamily affairsDrama
Gouden Kalf nominees
Beste Production Design (2020)
Romke Faber
NFF Archive
You are now in the NFF Archive. The archive contains contains information on film, TV and interactive productions that were screened at past festival editions. The NFF does not dispose of this material. For this, please contact the producer, distributor or broadcaster. Sometimes, older films can also be found at the Eye Film Museum or the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.
More movies
Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Duration: 1 hour, 36 minutes