A Happy Hand

A Happy Hand (2005)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2005-03-24
  • Runtime: 1h 30min
  • Language: Nederlands
  • Director: Pieter Verhoeff

Summary

By alternating documentary with fiction, a portrait is drawn of Peter van Straaten, eminent draughtsman of political cartoons, the long-term Parool serial Agnes and a countless series of painfully comical sketches of everyday life. Interviews with Van Straaten - outside, at home and at work - smoothly merge with dramatised excerpts from Agnes (played by people like Renée Fokker, Pierre Bokma and Hans Kesting). 'That's me, dressed up as a woman', he says about this creation. The camera peeks over his shoulder when Van Straaten makes his black-and-white drawings with pen and ink. His humour is harsh; he draws people in all their spinelessness, sadness and dishonesty, with a remarkable eye to facial expressions and postures. Through his drawings and stories, he also talks about his personal experiences with alcohol, relationships, family, health and sex - and his lifelong love for birds in the open field.

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  • Pierre Bokma

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  • Ingeborg Elzevier

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  • Renée Fokker

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  • Hans Kesting

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  • Michiel Romeyn

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  • Reinout Scholten van Aschat

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Directing Pieter Verhoeff Director
Writing Peter van Straaten Writer
Writing Pieter Verhoeff Writer

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