Polonaise (2002)
In the TV film Polonaise, traffic jams have grown into a phenomenon in which traffic jam call girls, hairdressers and photographers enliven the endless delays. The film follows a number of people in a jam on the A5. The central character is a Pole in an expensive Saab Convertible, who is wanted by the police. A red Panda carries the heavily pregnant Hilde and her cynical sister. Hilde is worried because she has not seen her friend anymore after a quarrel. In an old Saab, a young couple is bickering. She is a `yuppie cunt' who stakes her marriage for a parking licence and is tired of her husband smoking dope. Charlie the music promoter is driving his son's car. He likes traffic jams, because they allow him to settle his deals undisturbed and meet his secret love, the traffic jam call girl Nena. While the characters are confronted with each other and themselves more and more, tension rises to a peak. A radio pirate connects the story lines with his chatter.
Director: Nicole van Kilsdonk
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Nadja Hüpscher as Robin |
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Hajo Bruins as Charlie |
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Tamar van den Dop as Hilde |
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Marnie Blok as Eef |
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Terence Schreurs as Nena |
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Ariane Schluter as Vera |
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Horace Cohen as Coffee seller |
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Egbert Jan Weeber as Barry |
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Mimoun Oaïssa as Najib |
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Eric van Sauers as Pirate station (voice) |
| Camera | Mick Van Rossum | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Nicole van Kilsdonk | Director |
| Writing | Nicole van Kilsdonk | Writer |
| Writing | Justus van Oel | Writer |
| Writing | Olivier Nilsson-Julien | Writer |
| Sound | Fons Merkies | Music |
| Sound | Sixteen Horsepower | Music |
| Editing | Denise Janzée | Editor |
