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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
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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