Synopsis  (Country : Netherlands)

Little Tony

95 mins/1998

“What kind of a person must I be?” sighs Brand.  The illiterate farmer has been set thinking by Lena, a young teacher, who comes to give him lessons at home on the farm.  Keet, Brand’s suspicious wife, keeps a close eye on both of them, because she sees that her husband has fallen in love with the girl from the city.  As time goes on, a dark plan takes shape in Keet’s mind.  She purposely drives Brand into Lena’s arms.  The three-cornered relationship is too complicated for Brand, too confusing for Lena, too desperate for Keet.

Credits:-
Directed by Alex van Warmerdam

Cast:
Annet Malherbe (Keet), Ariane Schluter (Lena), Alex van Warmerdam (Brand), Sebastiaan & Thomas te Wierik (Tony).

Alex van Warmerdam, writer, designer, director and actor, studied graphic design and painting.  He was co-founder of the Music Theatre Company, Hauser Orkater and in 1980 he set up De Mexicaanse Hond Theatre Company.  His films as a director include Abel (1986) which won the critics’ award at the Venice Film Festival, The Northerners (1992), which won three Felix’s for music, art direction and best film and The Dress (1996) winner of the FIPRESCI award at the Venice Film Festival.