A pastor walks into a living room war zone. What could go wrong?
Alpha shows the tense relationship between a son and his mother. Chiel is unable to associate with the religion of his mother and is resisting actively. Vera loses control over her adolescent teenager. Then, one evening, the pastor comes by to solve the conflict.
Acting
Stradowski's simmering rage vs. Greidanus's desperate control.
Direction
Two directors, one suffocating living room.
Writing
Every line doubles as weapon and wound.
Director
Reinjan Prakke
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 17-minute runtime mirrors theatrical structure: three acts, one location, escalating unbearability.
Stradowski later starred in 'The Wheel of Time'—here he's weaponizing that same intensity against a Dutch living room.
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