NO TRAINS, NO PLANES
Netherlands

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17/10 12:00 CINEARTE
19/10 18:15 CINESESC
24/10 14:15 MASP 1 - GRANDE AUDITÓRIO
26/10 22:00 ESPAÇO UNIBANCO I
02/11 13:00 SALA CINEMATECA


     Tragicomedy by director and producer Jos Stelling on the individualism of the nineties with the same nonsense and absurd humor of his previous films such as The Ilusionist and The Pointsman, winners of two Mostras.

     The story, based on the novel Broederweelde, by Jean-Paul Franssen, takes place in the space of 24 hours in one same site, the Centraal Café on a station square, and no more than just a place to wait for the next train. To some people, however, the café is a refuge for a life of illusion and heartache.

     These are the persons that make up the chorus of lonely café customers seeking a little human warmth and solidarity in each other. All of them have a story of their own, but when one of them, Gerard, announces that he will move to Italy, things on the site take a new turn.

     He wants to bid farewell to his dearest friends, to his girlfriend Paula, and to the waiter Joop and his daughter. He also wants to find a brother whom he has not seen for 20 years. To everyone's surprise, the brother is a famous crooner, who makes Gerard's farewell unforgettable in Centraal Café. A day that is to come to an unexpected end.

   
 
Director : Jos Stelling
Screenplay : Jos Stelling, Hans Heesen
Cinematographer : Goert Giltaij
Edition : Bert Rijkeliikhuizen
Cast : Dirk van Dijck, Gene Bervoets, Ellen Ten Damme, Dominique Horwitz, Kees Prins, Henri Garcin
Producer : Anton Kramer
Production : Jos Stelling Films BV
World Sales : Jos Stelling Films BV Springweg 50, 3511 VS Ultrecht, Netherlands Tel: 31 30 2313 789 Fax: 31 30 2310 968 E-Mail: stelling@knoware.nl
  Col., 100 min., 1999
 

Born in Utrecht, Holland, in 1945. In his first film, Mariken van Nieumeghen, of 1974, he represented Holland at the Cannes Film Festival. He won international acclaim with his second film, Rembrandt Fecit 1669 (1977), selection for the 2nd and 15th Mostra. He has, since then, produced films such as The Pretenders (1980, selection for the 10th Mostra), The Illusionist (1983, winner of the 9th Mostra), The Pointsman (1986, Prize from the Public at the 10th Mostra), and The Flying Dutchman (1995, selection for the 20th Mostra).