Movies: Edwin Brienen

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A psych-drama-thriller combo that tackles shady politicians, leaked documents and a lack of enthusiasm for religion....

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The film tells the story of six mental cases, trying to get rid of society's norms and values by kidnapping Gerard van Dongen, a well-known TV host. During an improvised TV show, the terrorists confront this Van Dongen with their darkest thoughts and...

Claire, Romy, Magali, Loete, and Jim are typical Brienen’s characters: their excessive lifestyle rhythmed by sex and drugs puts them in the margins of society, refusing to believe in love or any kind of happiness. Lacking a better alternative, they ...

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Last Performance, the fifth feature film from award-winning European director Edwin Brienen, is set in the tumultuous New York theater world. Julia, a European actress who relocated to New York to try and make the big time, stars in an avant-garde th...

Eva auditions for a role in an obscure art-house film. An anonymous, masked director creates an intimidating atmosphere. He dominates and humiliates Eva, forcing her into prostitution. She sleeps with a Jewish film producer named Josh. When he refuse...

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Follows two couples through the heat of summer for 24 hours. What began as a peaceful summer afternoon ends with violent excesses in one hell of a night....

Raina embarks on an affair with the tortured Nick. The compulsion towards excessive behaviour forms the nexus of their relationship. Isabelle is bound up in a lifeless marriage. The two women meet in a church. Their physical contact begins as a cares...

A short film that shows a cruising excursion between two men, and turns the act of exploration and interconnection into a choreography of lust, rejection and intimacy....

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Revision, a drama/horror film written and directed by Edwin Brienen, is set in a futuristic world, where terrorist attacks rule daily life, forced chip implantation is commonplace and government control is routinely exerted through manipulation of th...