Brittle (Broos) 27 years old

The parents of five sisters have been married for forty years; the daughters have gathered in the family beach house to make a video for them. The encounter is marked by many confrontations as well as cheerful moments. Reminiscent of the sweet children's poems that mother recited are countered by Elsschot's Marriage: 'He thought: I'll kill her and set light to the house...' It also turns out that father had once disappeared for eighteen months, a 'secret' that the daughters have different ideas about. Brittle, an intimate film version of a play written and performed by the same actresses, is about rivalry in a family, the right to silence, but also about the need for solidarity. At the Netherlands Film Festival in 1997 the Golden Calf for Best Actress was awarded to the five actresses together.

Credits

Brittle Cast

Name	Character
Marnie Blok She was 35, now 62 years old
Lieneke le Roux She was 42, now 69 years old
Adelheid Roosen She was 39, now 66 years old

Brittle Crew

Name	Department
Mijke de Jong as Director. She was 37 (now 65) years old	Directing
Mijke de Jong as Writer. She was 37 (now 65) years old	Writing
Jolein Laarman as Writer. She was 38 (now 65) years old	Writing