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NOTHING PERSONAL

dir. Urszula Antoniak, cast. Stephen Rea, Lotte Verbeek, Netherlands / 2009 / Netherlands, Ireland / 85 min

Golden Leopard for the Best First Feature and Best Actress at Locarno 2009


A young female rebel and an old sage challenge each other in a story about personal freedom and attachment. She is a young Dutch woman, who after throwing away all her possessions becomes a vagabond by choice and finds the solitude she was looking for in an austere landscape of Irish Connemara. He is an old man who lives a solitary life in a secluded house. She is radical and uncompromising. He is wise and ironic. What connects them is the solitude they both see as freedom. Their simple life follows the cycle of days and nights, work and rest but slowly brings the two of them closer to each other. Who will be the first one to break the deal and admit the personal interest?

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