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Terwijl het liefde was
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Terwijl het liefde was

2021-08-11 · 60 min · Not rated

Documentary

Artistic director of the National Theater Eric de Vroedt writes and directs a performance about his own mother Winnie, who passed away in 2020. This piece, titled The Century of My Mother, is a family story about the migration from the Dutch East Indies to the Netherlands. It is De Vroedt's way of examining the relationship with his mother and not having to say goodbye to her yet: 'I can let her live on stage, but when the curtain falls, when the play is completely finished, then she is really dead'.

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Directors
Ditteke Mensink
Production companies
Witfilm
Countries
Netherlands
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Eric de VroedtEric de Vroedt
Esther ScheldwachtEsther ScheldwachtEsther Scheldwacht
Bram KoopmansBram Koopmans
Hein van der HeijdenHein van der HeijdenHein van der Heijden

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