Broertje (Brother of mine)



Director: Marèl Jap-Sam
Willem de Kooning Academie
Year of production 2011
Genre Fiction
Length 12'00''

Broertje (Brother of mine)

Max (5) loves nothing more then to play outside with his older brother, Roman. Catching frogs on the meadow, watching the cows or jumping in the mud. Only now Max slowly starts to realize Roman is not there anymore. And the later in the day it gets the harder Max has to try to keep Roman close to him. 'Broertje' is a subtle short fiction film about the first phase of grieve: Denial.



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June 2012 Breaking Ground NL

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