Archive of films Last Conversation / Last Conversation
Netherlands
2008, 75 min
Section:
Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now!
Year: 2009
Best known for video and installation work, Heerkens makes his feature directing debut by mounting 25 miniature cameras on a Jaguar XJS and shooting one of Europe’s finest actresses, Johanna ter Steege, in a one-sided, one-take phone conversation with the married lover who’s just jilted her.
Synopsis
Best known for video and installation work, Heerkens makes his feature directing debut by mounting 25 miniature cameras on a Jaguar XJS and shooting one of Europe’s finest actresses, Johanna ter Steege, in a one-sided, one-take phone conversation with the married lover who’s just jilted her. A successful lawyer, Anna gets a call from recent ex Laurens (de Maesschalck, heard only as a muffled voice) while she’s driving. The conversation begins fairly coldly and politely, with an undertone of bitterness that gradually develops its own bouquet as Anna allows herself to fall into habitual behaviour patterns, checking herself as they continue to talk. Heerkens’ meticulous conception and ter Steege’s stunningly nuanced performance offer a fresh, engrossing variation on the conceit essayed by Anna Magnani in Jean Cocteau’s La Voix humaine.
Contacts
Holland Harbour Productions BV
Willemskade 22, 3016 DM, Rotterdam
Netherlands
Tel: +31 102 331 400
Fax: +31 102 331 401
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.hollandharbour.nl
About the film
Color, 35 mm
Section: | Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! |
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Director: | Noud Heerkens |
Screenplay: | Jacqueline Epskamp, Noud Heerkens |
Dir. of Photography: | Richard Van Oosterhout |
Editor: | Merel Noten |
Producer: | Nadadja Kemper, Rob Vermeulen, Nico Geusebroek |
Production: | Holland Harbour |
Cast: | Johanna ter Steege |
Contact: | Holland Harbour Productions BV |
Guests
Noud Heerkens
Film Director