The South (2004)
Martje is the manager of a successful laundry service, but in her personal life she struggles with her self-image after the amputation of one of her breasts. After she is humiliated when Loe, one of her employees, is startled by the discovery of her prosthesis during foreplay, she imprisons him in the laundry plant. As Loe is slowly dying in imprisonment, Martje loses contact with reality and starts imagining having a family with him.
Director: Martin Koolhoven
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Monic Hendrickx as Martje Portegies |
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Frank Lammers as Loe de Koning |
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Oksana Akinshina as Zoya |
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Olga Louzgina as Galina |
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Nazmiye Oral as Leyla |
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Bart Klever as Martje's ex-boyfriend |
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Ina Geerts as Dorien |
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Chris Comvalius as Farida |
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Catalijn Willemsen as Martje's ex-boyfriend's wife |
| Production | Lars von Trier | Producer |
| Production | Els Vandevorst | Producer |
| Production | Peter Aalbæk Jensen | Producer |
| Editing | Job ter Burg | Editor |
| Production | Saida van der Reijd | Casting |
| Directing | Martin Koolhoven | Director |
| Writing | Mieke de Jong | Writer |
| Crew | Menno Westendorp | Cinematography |
| Art | Floris Vos | Production Design |
| Production | Rudolf Mestdagh | Producer |
| Sound | Paul M. van Brugge | Original Music Composer |