The South
2004
⏱️ 87 min
📅 Released
🌐 NL
Drama
Martje is the manager of a successful laundry service, but in her personal life she struggles with her self-image after the amputation of one of her breasts. After she is humiliated when Loe, one of her employees, is startled by the discovery of her prosthesis during foreplay, she imprisons him in the laundry plant. As Loe is slowly dying in imprisonment, Martje loses contact with reality and starts imagining having a family with him.
Crew
Director
Martin Koolhoven
Writer
Mieke de Jong
Producer
Els Vandevorst, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Rudolf Mestdagh
Production
Cosmokino, Isabella Films B.V., Zentropa Entertainments
Keywords
kidnappingloveillnessmadnesslaundry