In this documentary, the discovery that a Frisian bicycle repair man and an Ethiopian death row inmate share the same father is the starting point for a disconcerting family history.
One day, a Frisian bicycle repair man receives the unlikely message that he has an Ethiopian half-brother, who is on death row in a prison in Addis Ababa. This bizarre news is the starting point of a disconcerting family history. A documentary about a disowned child who comes to no good and an aged father who after a DNA test can no longer get away from his now adult bastard son. It turns out father and son have more in common than they will ever be ready to admit.
Credits
Director
Producer
Executive producer
Script
Camera
Sound Design
Set geluid
Sound editing
Montage
Muziek
Title: The Bastard
Year: 2018
Duration
: 1 hour, 26 minutes
Category: Long Documentary
Edition: NFF 2018
Maatschappij
Gouden Kalf nominees
Beste Lange Documentaire (2018)
Floris-Jan van Luyn
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.
Bekijk trailer
Stills
More movies
Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes
Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes
Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes
Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes
Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes
Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes