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De jurk
Film poster
Directed byAlex van Warmerdam
Written byAlex van Warmerdam
Edited byRene Wiegmans
Music byAlex van Warmerdam
Release date
  • 21 March 1996 (1996-03-21)
Running time
103 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

The Dress or De jurk is a 1996 Dutch comedy film drama directed by Alex van Warmerdam.

Plot

The Dress is a tale filled with sex, violence, misery, comedy and drama as it follows the life of a dress and parade of lives. Conceived under a cloud of frustration and despair by the dressmaker, the dress becomes a wheel of misfortune in extraordinary sequence of events that envelopes both the dress and those fatefully drawn into its universe. An aloof artist, a school girl, an unfulfilled maid, a borderline train conductor and a broken business executive, all become involuntary players in a macabre game of tag. No one who comes in contact with the dress until it reaches its destination.

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 80% based on 10 reviews, with an average rating of 6.90/10.[1]

David Rooney of Variety magazine said that "Dutch director Alex van Warmerdam, spins an eventful narrative out of the story of an inanimate object in his third feature, The Dress. Charting the effect the titular garment has on a string of men and women, the director does a mechanically impressive job of sustaining what feels like an exercise in narrative construction".[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Dress". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ^ Rooney, David (7 October 1996). "The Dress". Variety.

External links


Films directed by Alex van Warmerdam
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