Îles Flottantes

Îles Flottantes

Three women in their thirties long to change their lives, but they do so in the wrong way. Sasha starts a relationship with a weird man who hits her. Isa tries to promote her paintings, but her sudden breakup with Kristof transfixes her in sorrow. Kaat, who had an affair with Kristof, also breaks up with her partner to indulge in the comfort of self-pity. A painful, yet cathartic meandering in the labyrinths of a woman’s soul and the contradictions of female friendship, that ends ups in a bittersweet conclusion: No matter how floating, no (wo)man is an island.
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Direction: Nanouk Leopold
Script: Nanouk Leopold
Cinematography: Benito Strangio
Editing: Katharina Wartena
Sound: Ferry de Pater, Antoin Cox
Music: Harry de Wit
Actors: Maria Kraakman, Manja Topper, Halina Reijn Kuno Bakker, Jacob Derwig, Leopold Witte, Aat Ceelen, Annemarie Prins, Richec Tourbais
Production: Circe Films
Producers: Stienette Bosklopper
Co-production: Motel Film, VPRO Television
Art Direction: Diana van de Vossenberg
Costumes: Manon Blom, Ingrid Schagen
Camera: Benito Strangio
Make Up: Marjon Hoogendoorn
Format: 35mm
Color: Color
Production Country: Netherlands
Production Year: 2001
Duration: 82΄
Contact: Circe, daya@circe.nl
Awards/Distinctions: Film Poster Award, Prize of the City of Utrecht – Netherlands FF 2001

Nanouk Leopold

Nanouk Leopold (1968, Netherlands) is an established figure in Dutch art house cinema. She studied Directing at the Dutch Film and Television Academy. She won the Tuschinski Award for her graduation film Weekend (1998) as well as the Kodak Prize at the Munich Film Festival. She worked as a director in Dutch television before making her feature film debut with her feature debut Îles flottantes. In cooperation with visual artist Daan Emmen, she started “Beeldcollectief Leopold Emmen” which led to the film Close-up (2009). Her film It’s All So Quiet, based on the novel by Gerbrand Bakker, was the opening film of the Panorama Special programme at the Berlinale in 2013, going on to win awards worldwide (it was also screened in the 54 Thessaloniki IFF’s “Open Horizons” program). Her latest film Cobain, a coming-of-age drama, made a sensation in the 68th Berlinale in 2018, where it premiered.

Filmography

1998 Weekend
1999 Max Lupa
2000 Îles flottantes
2005 Guernsey
2007 Wolfsbergen
2010 Brownian Movement
2013 Boven is het stil | It's All So Quiet
2018 Cobain