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Cast

Dirk van Elst

Dirk van Elst

Gerrit's father

Gerrit van Elst

Gerrit van Elst

himself

Gerritje Petronella van Elst-Slijkhuis

Gerritje Petronella van Elst-Slijkhuis

Gerrit's mother

Crew

Gerrit van Elst

Gerrit van Elst

Director

Frank van Reemst

Frank van Reemst

Producer

Jan Musch

Jan Musch

Camera Operator

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Me and My Parents - My Parents and I

20040.0 / 1075 min
Documentary

Overview

In 1975, his graduation year at the Film Academy, director Gerrit van Elst captured his relationship with his father and mother and how they opposed their only child’s decision to go and study in faraway Amsterdam. Twenty-nine years later, he and his camera crew are back at his - now seriously infirm - parents. For this film, Van Elst cross-edited the footage of then and now. A revealing observation of growing old and approaching death.