The Strange Man

Original Title|De vreemde man

25' | 2003 (Completed)

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Writer	Peter Kruger
Director	Peter Kruger
Producer	Peter Kruger

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One evening a middle-aged woman, Céline, asks her husband if he still remembers how they met which he doesn't. He can't even recognize himself anymore. Perhaps he is pretending not to remember anything? What game is he playing with her? It appears that she is unable to understand the man who is living with her.

synopsis

One evening a middle-aged woman, Céline, asks her husband if he still remembers how they met which he doesn't. He can't even recognize himself anymore. Perhaps he is pretending not to remember anything? What game is he playing with her? It appears that she is unable to understand the man who is living with her. Dream and reality become intertwined until she believes another man in her house is playing games with her. In utter despair and anxiety she kills that man who has entered her house. The Strange Man is a poetic evocation of the process of alienation and the human anxiety for 'Das unheimliche'.

Credits

Writer
Peter Kruger
Director
Peter Kruger
Producer
Peter Kruger
Cast
Josse De Pauw
Editing
Nico Leunen
Photography
Rimvydas Leipus
Art direction
Gert Stas
Costume
Vanessa Evrard
Sound
Willem Van Nieuwenhuyzen
Makeup
Vathy du Bois

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Fiction
Genre
Year of production

2003
Production status
Completed
Original title
De vreemde man

Technical specs

Running time
25'
Aspect ratio
1.85:1
Sound format
Stereo (2.0)
Available formats
35mm
Colour
Colour

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Inti Films

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1000 Brussel
België

T +32 (0)485 117 818

www.intifilms.com

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2003: International Short Film Festival of Leuven (BE); Flanders International Film Festival of Gent (BE); Tampere International Short Film Festival (FI); Nederlands Film Festival of Utrecht (NL); Uppsala International Short Film Festival (SE); Festival Européen du Film Court de Brest (FR); European competition of Court métrange Rennes (FR)