Ordinary Things (that happened in the childhood home of the maker of this film) (????) [N/A]

Original Title:
Ordinary Things (that happened in the childhood home of the maker of this film)

Production Companies:
Blauwhuis

Production Countries:
Belgium

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 12

The reliability of memory is being questioned when, set within the highly constructed world of Old Hollywood, the filmmaker recalls memories of her childhood home.

Somewhere between the 1930s and now, the cameras start turning and Joan Crawford, Bette Davis and Marlene Dietrich gather on one film set. The floor gleams, the spotlights are burning, the narration starts. Born out of a fascination for the construction that is Hollywood, and by extension ‘the perfect Hollywood home’, the maker embodies three actresses from Hollywood’s golden era and their so-called private lives. Their smallest personality traits are performed so precise and characteristically that it becomes artificial. The home isn’t homely. It plays “house” and the inhabitants are speaking Hollywoodian. In this setting, the maker of the film recalls memories of growing up in her childhood home.

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Assistant Director:
Janne van de Weijer

Assistant Director of Photography:
Charles Dhondt

Director:
Rachel Gruijters

Director of Photography:
Lennert De Taeye

Editor:
Jasper Flikschuh
Rachel Gruijters

Foley Artist:
Elias Vervecken

Producer:
Lotte Van Craeynest

Set Designer:
Stephanie Desmadryl

Sound:
Charles Dhondt

Sound Mixer:
Yoerik Roevens

Wardrobe Designer:
Stijn Van den Bulck

Writer:
Rachel Gruijters

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