Marleen Gorris Trilogy

A Question Of Silence (1982)

Court-appointed psychiatrist Janine van den Bos (Cox Habbema) was tasked with ascertaining why three women of no prior acquaintance--housewife Christine (Edda Barends), secretary Annie (Nelly Frijda), waitress Andrea (Henriëtte Tol)--ganged up on a male shopkeeper and killed him barehanded. Her analysis of the trio would lead to a jaw-dropping theory of defense, in Marleen Gorris' charged and controversial feature debut. 92 min. In Dutch with English subtitles. C/Rtg: R

Broken Mirrors (1984)

In an Amsterdam brothel, two of the prostitutes (Lineke Ripman, Henriëtte Tol) find their simmering resentments over the hand fate has dealt them coming to a full boil. One of their house's habitués has kidnapped an ordinary housewife (Edda Barends) with the intent of starving her to death and capturing her decline on camera. Their paths will fatefully intersect in this controversial offering from Marleen Gorris; Coby Stunnenberg, Carla Hardy co-star. 110 min. In Dutch with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR

The Last Island (1990)

After a plane went down on a Caribbean isle's shore, the five men and two women that walked away came to discover that they also might well be the last survivors of global catastrophe. As they vigorously argued what their next steps should be, gender and orientation politics would impact both debate and consequences in stunning ways. Marleen Gorris' provocative apocalyptic drama stars Paul Freeman, Shelagh McLeod, Patricia Hayes, Kenneth Colley, Ian Tracey, Mark Hembrow. 115 min. C/Rtg: NR

Widescreen; Soundtracks: Dutch and English; Subtitles: English; audio commentary; interviews; newsreel footage; behind-the-scenes footage; poster gallery; photo gallery; theatrical trailers.