Jeffrey lives in a small Dutch town with his father and his girlfriend. He is about to become a dad. Working in the local brick factory, he gets to supervise newbee Kevin. When Kevin tries to become intimate with him, Jeffrey knocks him to the ground. Yet he can't seem to get Kevin out of his head and starts to question everything that he was once so sure of.
Acting
Reinout Scholten van Aschat's silent panic is physically painful to watch.
Direction
Van der Valk makes brick dust feel erotically suffocating.
Cinematography
Gray Dutch skies that match Jeffrey's internal weather perfectly.
Director
Viktor van der Valk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dutch brick factories historically employed 'imported' labor, making Kevin's outsider status quietly political.
Released before Netherlands' 2017 gender-neutral ID law, the film captures a specific pre-awakening tension in rural Dutch masculinity.
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