Guido van Driel’s dramatic feature film debut “The Resurrection of a Bastard” will open the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam on January 23. The film also will compete for the festival’s Hivos Tiger Awards. Yorick van Wageningen, Goua Robert Grovogui, Juda Goslinga and Jeroen Willems star in the story of what happens when an old, vengeful Frisian farmer, a criminal from Amsterdam and an illegal immigrant cross paths. Topkapi Films’ Frans van Gestel and Arnold Heslenfeld produced the project with Dirk Impens and Rudy Verzyck of Menuet. Bas Blokker co-wrote the screenplay with Van Driel. Read More: Rotterdam Announces First Competition Selections For 2013 Festival The film is produced with the support of The Netherlands Film Fund, The Flanders Audiovisual Fund and the Media Programme of the European Union. “We are extremely glad to present 'The Resurrection of a Bastard' as our Official Opening Film and in our...
- 12/13/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
Dutch graphic novelist Guido van Driel is taking the director's reins for The Resurrection Of A Bastard, an adaptation of his own graphic novel Om mekaar in Dokkum. Yorick van Wageningen, Juda Goslinga, Goua Robert Grovogui, Rian Gerritsen, Juliette van Ardenne, and Jeroen Willems star in what promises to be a gritty, multi strand crime film.A criminal from Amsterdam barely surviving a liquidation.An old Frisian farmer bent on revenge.An illegal immigrant with uncertain prospects.Eventually, they meet under an ancient oak tree.Beyond the last town. In production now, you can see the first image from the film above....
- 11/9/2012
- Screen Anarchy
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