Melancholy Tales

1h 35m

6

A series of four stories written by the Dutch writer Heere Heeresma, interpreted by four different directors. A confirmed bachelor bumps into his secretary after work. An old man just wants to be left alone at Christmas time. A former sailor yearns to get back to the sea, away from his clarinet playing wife. A shopkeeper in a rowboat gets into an argument with a postman on a bicycle.

Cast

Johnny Kraaijkamp Sr.

Winkelier (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")

Postbode (segment "Een winkelier keert niet weerom")

Opa (segment "De smalle oude man")

Man van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")

Wieteke van Dort

Vrouw van wijkcomité (segment "De smalle oude man")

Schoft (segment "De smalle oude man")

Crew

Bas van der Lecq

Nouchka van Brakel

Theo van de Sande

Director of Photography

Matthijs van Heijningen