Stages is a film about loneliness, anxiety, struggle and love, which in an unconventional way shows the survival of two former lovers in their forties and their seventeen year-old son.
Acting
Marcel Musters and Stijn Koomen build fragile father-son tension through silence.
Direction
Mijke de Jong's handheld intimacy makes voyeurism feel like empathy.
Director
Mijke de Jong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
De Jong was a leading voice in Dutch independent cinema's 2000s wave exploring working-class masculinity without sentimentality.
The kitchen scene where Martin cooks for Isaac while Joris watches from the doorway — three people, two homes, one broken family.
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