What if you ghosted your own life just to see if anyone notices?
Sweder Speelman leads a successful life with his wife Cecile. But he realizes he's a spectator of his own life. Sweder decides to disappear to see how Cecile responds to his absence. As he observes his wife, he loses touch with reality.
Acting
Bokma's hollowed-out presence carries every frame
Direction
Quirijns turns voyeurism into psychological trap
Director
Klaartje Quirijns
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 49-minute runtime mirrors Sweder's truncated existence—neither feature nor short, refusing comfortable categorization.
Quirijns adapted this from her own short film, pulling from Dutch theatrical tradition where domestic spaces become psychological battlegrounds—think early Bergman with worse lighting.
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