Feature film
De minder gelukkige terugkeer van Joszef Katús naar het land van Rembrandt
Wim Verstappen · 1966
Synopsis
On 29 April 1966, Joszef Katús, a young man who is half Hungarian, returns to Amsterdam after months away. He wanders the streets, sells drugs, joins the Provo demonstrations and lives, followed by a team of documentary-makers and by an indistinct figure, the Queen's birthday, the first of May, the commemoration of the dead and that of the liberation, without quite knowing what he is marching against.
Context
The duo's first feature, written jointly and produced by the second of the two partners, the film was shot in the street, handheld, by Wim van der Linden, with friends as actors, including Rudolf Lucieer, Shireen Strooker and Nouchka van Brakel. An actor looks into the lens to complain about his part and the motor of the camera can sometimes be heard, an anarchic form that the authors linked to the Provo spirit, in the wake of the Nouvelle Vague.
Who it is for
One hour thirty-six in Dutch, shot like a documentary. The thread is thin, and the city counts for more than the man who crosses it.
Prizes and reception
The longest title and the smallest budget, seven thousand guilders, of a Dutch feature film of its time; hailed as a new departure, and awarded a prize by Interfilm.