Kong at the Seaside

Original Title|Kong aan zee

11" | 2006 (Draft)

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On an empty beach, around 1920, a school teacher, his wife, son and the boy's dog are enjoying a day at the seaside. A rich widower, his spoilt daughter and their female servant are elsewhere on the beach, amidst their wealth, as usual. A walk on the beach makes the two worlds collide: ...

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On an empty beach, around 1920, a school teacher, his wife, son and the boy's dog are enjoying a day at the seaside. A rich widower, his spoilt daughter and their female servant are elsewhere on the beach, amidst their wealth, as usual. A walk on the beach makes the two worlds collide: the poor(er) boy's dog bumps into the girl, destroying her castle and soiling her dress. The sorrow of the frightened and tarnished girl, who had been ridiculed twice before that same day, is taken serious by no one. This, and especially the negligent behaviour of the boy's father - a man from a much lower class - feeds her anger and makes her want to buy the dog, in order to be able to kill it. Both fathers seem start some kind of mock negotiation but what started as some didactic game evolves into an ever more serious confrontation, which will turn all who are present upside down...