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Nouchka van Brakel
Born April 18, 1940 · Amsterdam, Holland (age 86)
Nouchka van Brakel is a Dutch film director known for her 1982 movie Van de koele meren des doods. That movie, and A Woman Like Eve, established her as an important Dutch feminist film director. Van Brakel said that her ambition is to make movies about women who want to change their lives and their societies.
Known For
Turkish Delight · 1973Turkish Delight
★ 6.81973
MovieDramaRomance
Gifted but hot-headed sculptor Eric has a stormy, erotic, and star-crossed romance with a beautiful young woman named Olga.
Friendship · 2001Friendship
★ 6.42001
MovieDrama
Two friends meet again in the autumn of their lives. They have not seen each other for years, but soon find their renewed friendship put to the test when one of them falls ill and the other loses his newfound love.
The Debut · 1977The Debut
★ 5.71977
MovieDramaRomance
The delicate story of the impossible love between an older married man and a fourteen-year old schoolgirl.
A Woman Like Eve · 1979A Woman Like Eve
★ 5.01979
MovieDramaRomance
A devoted yet stressed out housewife takes a holiday to relax, and falls in love with another woman: a guitar-playing hippie who lives in a commune.
Aletta Jacobs, Het Hoogste Streven · 1995Aletta Jacobs, Het Hoogste Streven
★ 7.01995
MovieDramaHistory
Feature film about the life of Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929). Aletta Jacobs knows from an early age that she wants to become a doctor. She asks Thorbecke to allow her to attend university and, after completing her studies, becomes the first female doctor in Amsterdam. Here, she focuses in particular on sexual problems in women and campaigns for universal suffrage. Director Nouchka van Brakel appears in the film as an interviewer who questions contemporaries about the life and work of Dr. Jacobs. The interviews give an impression of the flood of negative reactions that the feminist provoked. However, when Aletta looks back on her life at the end of the film, many photos and letters show how much she was ultimately appreciated.
Melancholy Tales · 1975Melancholy Tales
★ 6.31975
MovieDramaComedy
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.
A Month Later · 1987A Month Later
★ 7.21987
MovieComedyDrama
Two women decide to exchange lives after getting into contact through a newspaper ad.
De baby in de boom · 1969De baby in de boom
★ 7.51969
MovieComedy
Short film, in which three boys want to go swimming on a Sunday afternoon, but one of the three has to look after his baby sister. They decide to take her to the park. The three of them come up with fun games to play with the baby, but they are constantly presented with new problems. However, the boys know how to find an answer to everything.
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