Basada en la novela de A.F. Th. van der Heijden, (con más de 200.000 copias vendidas hasta la fecha). El 23 de mayo de 2010, a los 21 años de edad, Tonio van der Heijden (interpretado por Chris Peters) fue atropellado por un coche y llevado en estado crítico al hospital, donde murió. Un trágico suceso que cambió drásticamente la vida de sus padres (Pierre Bokma y Rifka Lodeizen), que vieron a su único hijo fallecer en cuidados intensivos. La vida de Tonio dejó un legado de dolor en sus padres, que lucharán para impedir que sus propias vidas sean arrastradas a una espiral descendente de tristeza. (FILMAFFINITY)
It's the hot summer of 1972: the Americans launch their last mission to the moon; also a time of dungarees and hallucinogenic wallpaper. On the eighth floor of a new Dutch apartment block, 12-year-old Duch lives with his family. His hobbies are space travel and Mary, the pretty woman next door. Duch’s father prefers to watch the neighbour who recently moved in two doors down. Her arrival makes the residents aware of the free-sex morality. Up until now it had left the eighth floor untouched, but that is clearly not to everyone’s satisfaction.
Dutch composer Simeon ten Holt achieved worldwide renown in 1979, when his work for four pianos Canto Ostinato was first performed. Although some music experts viewed it with disdain - it broke with prevailing notions of serialism and tonality - the piece was a huge hit in the contemporary classical music world. In the years since, numerous musicians have released their recordings of Canto, and it is still being performed around the world. Director Ramon Gieling interviewed a large number of people about the sometimes far-reaching impact this composition has had on their lives. One interviewee tells of how Canto was the soundtrack to the birth of her son; another has a section of the score tattooed on his arm. Gieling seeks to unravel the mystery of the universal power of music, and his blend of documentary footage, fiction, essays and archive material produces a multifaceted response to the question of just what it is about this piece that touches people so deeply.
