The Very Tired Man and the Woman who Passionately Loved Bonsai

Info

Short Film

Length - 23’

Language - Dutch

Shooting locations - Belgium

Shooting period - spring 2022

Premiere/Release - December 2022

Credits

Writers - Evelien M.A. Declercq and Nyk Alidor Dekeyser
Based on a book by Peter Verhelst

Directors - Nyk Alidor Dekeyser and Evelien M.A. Declercq

Producer - Maarten D’Hollander

DoP - Rik Zang

Sound recordist - Miguel de Oliveira e Silva

Editor - Alain Dessauvage

Sound design and mix - Gedeon Depauw

Production - Krater Films

A woman reads a wanted ad in the newspaper one day: “man seeks woman to die for”. When she rings the number, she hears someone sigh. She’s never heard such a beautiful sigh before. The woman moves in with the man. He’s tired, dead tired, because he wants to die but it’s not working out. The woman has brought along her entire collection of scissors and shears for her hobby: bonsai trees. She wants to help the man to die. Slowly he grows towards her and slowly she shapes and cultivates love.

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