For quite a few years, a belief held sway that bereavement consisted of a series of five – or was it seven? – stages, starting with shock and moving through to acceptance, after which you were more or less home free. Of course, no human emotion runs so smoothly, grief least of all. The various members of the family in Martijn de Jong’s Narcosis feel anger, anguish and denial by turns and sometimes simultaneously, each of them cocooned in their own sac of misery, unable to say what they feel, even to themselves. Grief here is as messy and resistant to resolution as it is in real life.
John, the paterfamilias (Fedja van Huet) was a professional diver. He was adventurous, eccentric and the fun parent; the last thing he brought home was an old telephone box, which he set up under the trees surrounding their rustically crumbling house. As the narrative wanders between past,...
John, the paterfamilias (Fedja van Huet) was a professional diver. He was adventurous, eccentric and the fun parent; the last thing he brought home was an old telephone box, which he set up under the trees surrounding their rustically crumbling house. As the narrative wanders between past,...
- 12/20/2022
- by Stephanie Bunbury
- Deadline Film + TV
Italy’s Coccinelle Film Sales has sealed two important European deals on Dutch Oscar bid “Narcosis,” directed by Martijn de Jong.
Coccinelle Film Sales’ CEO Francesca Breccia negotiated the agreements, with HBO Europe picking up the movie’s rights in 14 countries in Eastern Europe and Fabula Film acquiring them for Turkey.
Labelled as “a haunting and hopeful story about life, love and loss,” the movie follows a close-knit family disrupted when the father does not resurface during a professional dive. No funeral, no farewell, just a house full of memories. Burdened by the loss, Merel (Thekla Reuten) evades her husband’s death and everything related to it as her young children become entangled in a supernatural search for answers, with the family eventually confronting their grief in their own unique ways.
“We were immediately struck by Martijn’s talent and by his ability to create magical atmospheres. His vision is...
Coccinelle Film Sales’ CEO Francesca Breccia negotiated the agreements, with HBO Europe picking up the movie’s rights in 14 countries in Eastern Europe and Fabula Film acquiring them for Turkey.
Labelled as “a haunting and hopeful story about life, love and loss,” the movie follows a close-knit family disrupted when the father does not resurface during a professional dive. No funeral, no farewell, just a house full of memories. Burdened by the loss, Merel (Thekla Reuten) evades her husband’s death and everything related to it as her young children become entangled in a supernatural search for answers, with the family eventually confronting their grief in their own unique ways.
“We were immediately struck by Martijn’s talent and by his ability to create magical atmospheres. His vision is...
- 12/12/2022
- by Davide Abbatescianni
- Variety Film + TV
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