Het is een schone dag geweest

Documentary about the last four seasons on the farm run by the directors parents The film starts on 1 January 1992 at 6 am and ends in a misty landscape at the end of that year Het is een schone dag geweest Its been a beautiful day shows the end of a farm venture for which no successor has been found but also the disappearance of a traditional way of life Modern agriculture is ruled by new regulations largely made in Brussels Lonely work on a noisy machine replaces hard but communal work on the land In a disciplined style the film shows the disappearance of a traditional lifestyle in part of Holland Het is een schone dag geweest was ïn 2007 admitted to the Canon van de Nederlandse Film a list of the most important Dutch films filmcommissionnl