Martje is the manager of a successful laundry service, but in her personal life she struggles with her self-image after the amputation of one of her breasts. After she is humiliated when Loe, one of her employees, is startled by the discovery of her prosthesis during foreplay, she imprisons him in the laundry plant. As Loe is slowly dying in imprisonment, Martje loses contact with reality and starts imagining having a family with him.
Title | The South |
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Year | 2004 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark |
Studio | Cosmokino, Isabella Films B.V., Zentropa Entertainments |
Cast | Monic Hendrickx, Frank Lammers, Oksana Akinshina, Olga Louzgina, Nazmiye Oral, Bart Klever |
Crew | Martin Koolhoven (Director), Mieke de Jong (Writer), Menno Westendorp (Cinematography), Rudolf Mestdagh (Producer), Paul M. van Brugge (Original Music Composer), Els Vandevorst (Producer) |
Keyword | kidnapping, love, illness, madness, laundry |
Release | Jan 24, 2004 |
Runtime | 87 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 4.50 / 10 by 5 users |