Noud Holtman

암스테르담 남동부 교외지역인 Bijlmer은 각양각색의 전통과 문화가 공존하는 다문화 도시다. 네덜란드 여성 장례감독가 Anita는 다문화 시대 속에서 모든 민족들을 아우를 수 있는 복합적인 장례문화를 새롭게 만들어 신개념 공동체를 만들기 위해 나선다. 난민 문제 등 현 유럽의 다문화 이슈와 이를 슬기롭게 극복하려는 인류학적인 문화보고서!

By building a Buddhist temple in the Netherlands, Mr. Hu attempts to bridge the gap between old and new, East and West.

Film about falling in love across a political, cultural and geographic divide. It tells of Simon, a Dutch communist student in Moscow, who meets and marries the Russian Zoya in the spring of 1968. Simon returns to the Netherlands, expecting his wife to follow shortly afterwards when her exit visa is granted. Her application however is refused over and over again. Months pass and then years. A child is born to Zoya in Moscow: director Aliona van der Horst relates her parents' struggle in this tender account of family history caught up in international politics. In the numerous love-letters he wrote to his beloved Zoya feelings of helplessness are expressed: 'Our happiness depends on how the political wind blows'. Van der Horst uses these letters as a guideline through the film. To tell her parents' story, Van der Horst weaves together archival footage, home movies and photographs with contemporary interviews.