Focus on the Netherlands 2008 / Weg / Netherlands 2007
The protagonist of this thriller with its unexpected ending is a young woman driving home along a minor road. Upset by a previous encounter with a group of noisy drunk young men and mindful of the thickening darkness outside, she begins to get a sense of uneasiness about the intentions of the driver behind her who keeps trying to overtake.
An attractive young woman is driving home along a minor road. Alarmed by an unpleasant encounter with a group of noisy drunk young men and mindful of the thickening darkness outside the car, she begins to get a sense of uneasiness when a driver behind her keeps trying to overtake her. The only chance she has against the intimidating stranger with questionable motives, is to push the pedal to the floor… An intimate thriller which intensifies as it moves towards its unexpected finale.
10 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Daniel Bruce
/ Screenplay Paul Bontenbal, Daniel Bruce
/ Dir. of Photography Bart Beekman
/ Music Wiegel, Meirmans, Snitker
/ Editor Wouter Jansen
/ Producer Jelani Isaacs, Sander Verdonk
/ Production LEV Pictures
/ Cast Nienke Romer, Dries Vanhegen, Colette Notenboom
/ Contact EYE Film Institute Netherlands
Daniel Bruce (b. 1981) worked as a graphic designer and then attended the Art Academy in Utrecht. He has made various commercials, music clips and shorts. He also co-wrote the screenplay for his widescreen 10-minute thriller Road, filmed on location in Holland’s oldest national park, Veluwezoom.
EYE Film Institute Netherlands
IJpromenade 1, 1031 KT, Amsterdam
Netherlands
Phone: +31 207 582 375
E-mail: international@eyefilm.nl
Claudia Landsberger
Distributor, Film Institution Rep.
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