The Polish Bride
DIRECTOR / KARIM TRAÏDIA
Anna, an innocent Polish woman has come to the Netherlands under some false excuses by a couple of pimps that want to let her work in a brothel. She manages to escape and is being found on the farmyard of the silent farmer Henk. Anna is terrified and debilitated, but is being lovingly taken care of by Henk. He offers to pay her journey back to Poland, but she insists that she wants to work for it. Meanwhile she can stay as long as she wants. The past however still obsesses her…
Karim Traïdia’s feature film debut THE POLISH BRIDE was part of the low budget feature film series Route 2000 in which writers, directors and producers got the opportunity to make their first feature film.
Credits
Festivals
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27th International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Netherlands | 28 January – 8 February 1998
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Winner Audience Award
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51st Cannes Film Festival, France | International Critics' Week | 13 – 24 May 1998
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Winner Grand Golden Rail
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18th Nederlands Film Festival, the Netherlands | Golden Calf Competition | 23 September – 2 October 1998
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Winner Golden Calf Best Director
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Winner Golden Calf Best Actress Monic Hendrickx
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Nomination Golden Calf Best Actor Jaap Spijkers
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AFI Fest, USA | 22 – 31 October 1998
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Winner European Film Award
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2nd Prix Europa, Germany | 1998
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Winner TV program of the year
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56th Golden Globe Awards, USA | Best Foreign Language Film Competition | 24 January 1999
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Nomination Golden Globe Best Foreign Language Film
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Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Argentina | 1 – 11 April 1999
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Winner Best Actress Monic Hendrickx
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Nomination Best Film
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13th International Film Festival Braunschweig, Germany | 9 – 14 November 1999
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Winner Audience Award
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// Cast
Jaap Spijkers
Monic Hendrickx
// Director
Karim Traïdia
// Screenplay
Kees van der Hulst
// Producer
Marc Bary (IJswater Films)
Ilana Netiv (IJswater Films)
// Co-Producer
Jeroen Beker (Motel Films)
Frans van Gestel (Motel Films)
// Production Manager
Judith Reuten
// Director of Photography
Jacques Laureys
// Sound
Eddy de Cloe
// Production Design
Anne Winterink
// Costume Design
Daniëlle van Eck
Monica Petit
// Hair & Makeup
Lida van Straten
Monique Mierop
// Casting
Job Gosschalk/Hans Kemna
Betty Post
// Editor
Chris Teerink
// Sound Design
Marco Vermaas
// Music
Fons Merkies
// Distributor
RCV Film distribution
// Dutch Public Broadcaster
VPRO TV
// Funds/ financers
Netherlands Film Fund
STIFO
CoBO