Overview
In 1975, his graduation year at the Film Academy, director Gerrit van Elst captured his relationship with his father and mother and how they opposed their only child’s decision to go and study in faraway Amsterdam. Twenty-nine years later, he and his camera crew are back at his - now seriously infirm - parents. For this film, Van Elst cross-edited the footage of then and now. A revealing observation of growing old and approaching death.
Production
Stichting Zig Zag
Cast & Characters
Dirk van Elst
Gerrit's father
Gerrit van Elst
himself
Gerritje Petronella van Elst-Slijkhuis
Gerrit's mother
Directors & Crew
Gerrit van Elst
Director
Frank van Reemst
Producer
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