Van de koele meren des doods

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Van de koele meren des doods (The cool lakes of death), 2004. 16mm to SD, color, sound, Dutch spoken with English subtitles; 7 min, 47 sec. Filmed on location in nature reserve De Zandput in Waspik, and in Theatre De Unie, Rotterdam. With found footage from a film by the French director Jean Rollin.

A young woman, dressed in a 17th century dress looks out over a lake. We move towards her and disappear underneath her dress, where we find ourselves inside a small theatre. A young lad on stage, Tom Sawyer, tells us a tale about a ‘fallen lady’ who tries to ogle him. Later he finds her dead body on a field.

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