Synopsis
Melody returns home to Fairlands for the funeral of her estranged daughter June. But the town has almost disappeared under the encroaching desert. She also has to confront the fact that she has a 10 year old grandson, River, whose existence she knew nothing about.Melody decides to take River away with her but he is resistant. He has worked out an ambitious plan to survive, by breeding the ostriches he and his mother used to feed.
His father, Scoop, an idle musician and the town’s postman, wants her to leave because he has a secret to hide. A series of confrontations ensues until Melody discovers the truth. It’s only when a sandstorm forces Melody and River to take shelter together, that Melody faces some painful facts from her past, which allows both of them to reach an understanding and to begin a new future together.
Technical Information
2007; Netherlands, South Africa, Ireland; Drama, Women; 89 minutes; 35mm, HDCAM-SR; 1.33:1 (4:3); Dolby SRD; Original Language: English; Subtitles: French, Spanish; Dubbed Versions: German
DIRECTOR
Threes Anna
EDITOR
Wouter Jansen
MUSIC
Paul Hepker, Mark Kilian
PRODUCTION COMPANY
24fps features
CO-PRODUCER
IMG Productions, Borderline Productions
PRODUCER
Anton Scholten, Joel Phiri, Tom Maguire, Threes Anna
LINE PRODUCER:
Rachel Young
CINEMATOGRAPHER:
Guido van Gennep
WARDROBE:
Diana Cilliers
Melody
Barbara Hershey
River
Yusuf Davids
Scoop
Tony Kgoroge
Stone
John Kani
THREES ANNA
Threes Anna is a writer and director from the Netherlands who works in three fields – literature, film and theatre.
From 1989 to 1999 Threes Anna operated as the Company Artistic Director of Dogtroep. In this capacity she wrote and directed over 50 site-specific theatrical spectacles all across the globe. Her fascination with extreme situations and locations was roused during this period. From one of her shows, Noordwesterwals, a spectacular performance in which 1.2 million litres of water formed the lead, she made a short film. During the 90’s Threes Anna also made several documentaries on visual artists and their work.
In 1998 she began to develop her first film script ‘The Bird Can’t Fly’. In June 2003 her first novel, De kus van de weduwe (The Widow’s Kiss), was published; in 2005 her novel Motormoeder (Motor Mother); both published by Vassallucci, Amsterdam. In August 2006 publishing house Querido published her novel De stille stad (The Silent City). In autumn 2007 the novel ‘Vogel kan niet vliegen’ (The Bird Can’t Fly) will be published.
Beside her own work Threes Anna gives lectures and workshops all around the world about directing and site-specific theatre.
Threes Anna has been nominated in the Best First-time Director category at the Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht which begins on September 26th.
2009
MÓSTOLES INT. FILM FESTIVAL
Oct 17 – 25 (in competition)
MADRID MÓSTOLES INT. FILM FESTIVAL
Oct 17 – 25 (in competition)
MADRID MÓSTELES IFF
Best Script Award
Aug 28
Mar 26 – Apr 04
Mar 18 – 29
2008
Nov 14 – 14
Nov 10 – 17
SEOUL INT. FAMILY FILM FESTIVAL
Oct 22 – 28
Oct 18 – 19
Oct 02 – 12
Sep 15 – 25
Jul 23 – Aug 03
Jun 06 – 15 (in competition)
Jun 04 – 11 (in competition)
PEACEFULFISH
May 01 – 01
Apr 16 – 18
Apr 03 – 17
Mar 13 – 21
Jan 25 – Feb 04
2007
Sep 20 – 29 (in competition)
DUTCH FILM FESTIVAL
Best New Director Award
May 16
coming soon…
