Brittle

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 childrens poems that mother recited are countered by Elsschots Marriage He thought Ill 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