GOLVEN |
a film by
Annette Apon
produced by Studio Nieuwe
Gronden, 1982
(synopsis)
GOLVEN is based on THE WAVES (1931) by
Virgina Woolf. There are six main characters in the film who are
continually trying to recapture the sense of harmony which they
knew as childeren. Throug their thoughts the intensity of
childhood, the optimism of youth an the desilllusion of later
years are portrayed. Their perceptions and feelings move back and
forth through the narrative live waves.
The presentation of the thoughts of the six characters which
cover their development from child to adult is a challenge to
confront one's own life.
The central event in the film is the meeting of Bernard, Neville,
Rhoda, Jinny, Susan and Louis at a restaurant in London in 1920.
They meet for dinner on the eve of Percival's departure for
India. In a sense Percival acts as a mirror in which each
character sees his own ideal image. He himself remains a
mysterious figure. Immediately after this dinner, which evokes
harmony and happiness on various levels, they learn that Percival
has been killed in a riding accident. His death marks the
beginning of the decline of the group and of its individual
members.
This is not the film of a book in the normal sense. Its images
are inspired by the form of the novel, and it takes us on a
voyage of discovery. It moves from elements of the present
towards the historical fiction, which is re-experieced in a way
which is only possible in film. After the death of Percival it
becomes clear that the carefully constructed fiction cannot
survive and it collapses. The illusion that life and reality are
continuing stories in which events follow each other logically is
lost.
producer: René Scholten
scenario & direction: Annette Apon
camera: Theo van de Sande
sound: Roel Bazen
editor: Ton de Graaff
music/composition: Louis Andriessen
art direction: Frank Rosen
with:
Aat Ceelen,Thea Korterink, Michel van Rooy, Truus te Selle,
Marianne Stieger, Edwin de Vries, Gerardjan Rijnders and
Elisabeth Andersen ( voice )
Feature film, colour, 92 min.
16 mm, DVD
now on DVD
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