Als overtuigd atheïst (en afvallig katholiek) voel ik altijd een voorbehoud bij religieus geïnspireerde kunst. Ik vrees het zweven, de lofzang en de onderwerping. Toch kan ik er niet onderuit dat er …
Programma 2014 binnenkort bekend
Alle films zijn engels gesproken of engels ondertiteld.all films are either english spoken or subtitled. …
Either Way
Lulligheid en ongemak zijn twee pijlers onder Pluk. Vooral op het scherm. Denk: droge humor, pijnlijke opmerkingen, mislukte liefdeslevens, mislukte seks, dat soort dingen. Oh, en eenzaamheid! Zeker …
Heli
At first we thought we'd best not say anything about Heli before the screening, so it was billed as the suprise film. But we're damn proud to be closing Pluk de Nacht 2013 with the only Dutch …
Elephant
In the old fables, animals acted like humans. In the fabulous short film Elefante, a man becomes an animal, but it's the people around him that behave like beasts. Manuel is stuck in a dead-end …
Oh Willy
Because his mother has become terminally ill, Willy reluctantly returns to the nudist village where he grew up, in this wondrous stop-motion animation. Or perhaps we should call it cloth-motion, …
Tumult
A Viking king and his two sons navigate a desolate landscape. Battle has left the old man badly injured, and he's contemplating which of his sons is most deserving of his kingdom. And then the come …
The Extraordinary Life of Rocky de Vlaeminck
Rocky's tragic family history is shown in a dry comedic style, reminiscent of the films of Scandinavian filmmakers like Roy Andersson and Aki Kaurismäki, as well as Holland's own Alex van Warmerdam. …
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Spider
“Always, you take things too far by one step.” Jill's upset, Jack wants to make amends. So he buys her flowers, and chocolate. But he can't help it, that plastic spider's too tempting... Nash …
Magnesium
Talented gymnast Isabel is pregnant. She doesn't want to be, but there's a five-day waiting period before she's allowed to have an abortion. Five long days. Dutch filmmaker Sam de Jong stays close to …
California Is a Place: Superman
Even Superman has a wife waiting for him at home. Or at least the Superman impersonator at the heart of this genial documentary does. In their digital photo- and video project California Is a …
Soft
It's one thing to tell your teenage son that he shouldn't start fights, but he should fight back when he's attacked. But it's quite another to actually strike back, this family man finds to his …
