The Breath of Life

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The Breath of Life (2023)

Directed by Guido van der Werve

Drama, Documentary · 1h 31m

After a near-fatal accident, filmmaker Guido van der Werve muses about the highs and lows of his own life as he endures a long process of recovery. Instead of a linear narrative, Nummer achttien is structured as a series of movements: it departs from the classical documentary to present us with a series of vignettes that combine past and present, existentialist despair and deadpan humour, reflection and creativity, the joys and pains of remembering and forgetting.

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Cast

G
Guido van der Werve
J
Johanna Ketola
S
Suze van Oort
M
Mats Bakker
E
Evan Zeldenrust Guido Pollemans
M
Marguerite de Brauw

Crew

Director
Guido van der Werve
Screenplay
Guido van der Werve
Director of Photography
Ben Geraerts
Original Music Composer
Guido van der Werve
Editor
Ruben van der Hammen, Denise Janzée
Producer
Danielle Guirguis

Details

Original title
Nummer achttien
Release date
2023-01-25
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Drama, Documentary
Original language
NL
Spoken languages
English, Dutch
Countries
Netherlands
Production
Smarthouse Films