Dichtgespijkerd
Due to the urban planning projects in Amsterdam, the four-storey building on the corner of Valentijnkade and Kramatweg, will be demolished. The residents will have to leave. Some promptly obey the authorities’ injunction, others take their time, and squatters settle in. The filmmaker follows the last occupants during the year prior to the works. Daily events bring to light stories and people: Agatha, who is going to lose her splendid view, Hedde and her son with their endless quarrelling, Madame Albert, who will miss the horse chestnut trees in the park, old Ko, and 96-year-old Uncle Willem… Before long, the demolition company will have taken everything from them-even their memories.
Né en 1951, Docteur en Anthropologie sociale. Chargé de cours en Anthropologie visuelle à l’Université de Leyde. Depuis 1974, il est photographe indépendant et a réalisé des documentaires, notamment : • Sandji, 1989 • Karspel 2, 1991 • Rouch’s gang, 1993 • 171 Gulden 15 to be spent in Africa, 1994 • Mamissi Kokoé, Voodoo Priest in Lome, 1997 • Dichtgespijkerd, 2000
MM Filmprodukties
Jelle Redeker
Carla van der Meijs
Steef Meyknecht