The South

1h 27m
Drama
3.9

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.

Cast

Monic Hendrickx
Martje Portegies
Frank Lammers
Loe de Koning
Oksana Akinshina
Zoya
Olga Louzgina
Galina
Nazmiye Oral
Leyla
Bart Klever
Martje's ex-boyfriend
Ina Geerts
Dorien
Chris Comvalius
Farida
Catalijn Willemsen
Martje's ex-boyfriend's wife

Crew

Martin Koolhoven
Director
Mieke de Jong
Writer
Job ter Burg
Editor
Menno Westendorp
Cinematography
Lars von Trier
Producer
Els Vandevorst
Producer
Peter Aalbæk Jensen
Producer
Rudolf Mestdagh
Producer
Floris Vos
Production Design
Saida van der Reijd
Casting
Paul M. van Brugge
Original Music Composer

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