Schijnsel
The Netherlands 1996
director Frans van de Staak
distribution Filmmuseum Distributie
print Filmmuseum Distributie
scenario Frans van de Staak, Hanneke Stark
cast Frieda Pittoors, Bert Luppes
camera Jan Wich
editor Frans van de Staak, Hanneke Stark
art direction Michal Shabtay
sound Ben Zijlstra
music Charles Mingus
length 79'

Glint (IFFR 1996)

Drama balancing on the brink between portraying an intimate relationship between a man and a woman and intimacy in the play of actor and actress.

Every scene of the film comprises a dialogue between a man and a woman. The dialogues are fragmentary, in other words, the dialogue in one scene does not tie in with that of the next. In addition there is no development in the relationship between the actor and the actress towards a happy or unhappy ending. The dialogues are not only of substantial interest; it is above all material for the actors. The film balances on the boundary between portraying an intimate relationship between a woman and a man and the intimacy in the acting between the actor and actress. When an actor or actress hardly has any words in a scene, he or she portrays loneliness; when he/she has a monologue, then the attention is focused on speaking the text, on (the reflection about) being an actor.