Eryk grows up without a father in a village in the Polish countryside. Aged 15, attracted to his young neighbour, he does not know the limit between love and abuse. For her first film, Pel turns to fictional documentary to address the sensitive issue of sexual abuse. A bold film half-way between retribution and forgiveness.
STARRING
ERYK WALNY
EWA MAKULA
KLAUDIA PRZYBYLSKA
WRITER
Rosanne Pel
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
AAFKE BEERNINK
SOUND
MARK GLYNN
FILM EDITING
XANDER NIJSTEN
PRODUCTION
Family Affair Films
DISTRIBUTION
WIDE
Rosanne Pel
Rosanne Pel received her Master degree at the Netherlands Film Academy in 2015. Before that she studied at the Utrecht School of Arts where she received her bachelor for directing and scenario fiction in 2011. Her debut film Light as Feathers premiered at TIFF 2018 and after was shown at many international film festivals. It got several prices and nominations. It won a Vevam Fund Award for best directing, got the critics prize during the NFF, and won best actor during Premiers Plans D’angers. The film traveled among other places to Gothenburg, Tallinn, Rome, Angers, Linz, Brussel, Valencia and is still on the move. Calf’s Head is her second feature film and got a first development budget from the Amsterdam’s Fund of the Arts. The film will be produced by Family Affair Films.
FILMOGRAPHY
2009: Uit Zicht (short)
2010: Terug (short)
2011: Heraut (short)
2014: The Normal Human (short)