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| BLIND DATE | Netherlands |
 Drama that deals in
an original form with a difficult theme: mourning. Pom and Katja try desperately to get
over the death of their three-year-old daughter. Neither of them is able to express or to
share suffering and they enter into a world of illusion and phantasy. They
"play" different roles based on elements that each one of them adds to this
imaginary play.The story is accompanied on the screen by the voice of the dead daughter, Annabel, who comments on the behavior of the parents following the tragedy. She feels abandoned and hopes they will die soon, so that they may be together once more. The film begins with a simple human drama, but the spectator soon begins to feel the weight of the story. Tension between husband and wife that may be compared to the play Who is Afraid of Virginia Wolf? is tangent. The behavior of the two changes from scene to scene, ranging from absolute apathy to uncontrollable aggression. Their encounters invariably end in fights, but some occasional looks reveal the love that they one day felt one for the other. But not even the memories of happy days that they lived together are able to make them overcome those difficulties that they now face. Based on an idea of the director himself, Theo Van Gogh, this plot allowed the protagonists to live the characters in all of their diversity. This narrative and structural complexity afforded the film three Golden Calfe, the Prize from the Dutch Cinema as best director, best actress (Renée Fokker) and best actor (Peer Mascini). |
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