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Hidden Flaws

Original title: Verborgen Gebreken
German title: Verborgen Gebreken
Netherlands, 2004

Director: Oest, Paul van der
Production company: Filmprodukties De Luwte BV
Co-producers: NPS TV
Age recommendation: 9 years and up

Synopsis:
A powerful character study of a young girl, Chris (10), and an elderly woman, Agnes (70). Two heroines with paralel universes, who both share remarkable relations with their brothers.


Seventy-year-old Agnes takes the ashes of her dear Robert and travels to their regular holiday cottage on the Scottish island of Mull. On the way, two Dutch runaways, the ten-year-old girl Chris and her younger brother Tommie, sneak into her car. The children warn Agnes they will flee again if she calls the police. In the secluded house, beautifully located near a bay with a view of the sea, the elderly woman and the children gradually grow towards each other. Chris is confident and short-tempered, and dominates not only her younger, pigheaded brother, but also old Agnes, who loses herself in memories of Robert. Meanwhile, Agnes has to withstand the people who want to take over the house from her. The surroundings play a major role in this adaptation of Renate Dorrestein's novel about family, trust and secrets.

World sales address/es:
De Luwte (NL)
Film Sales Company (GB)

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Independet (NL)