Brownian Movement

Brownian Movement

In the language of Physics, the Brownian Movement refers to the random motion of solid particles in a fluid mass. In the well-tuned life of Charlotte, a successful doctor living in Belgium with her seemingly perfect family, the same random movement leads her to the arms of different men – either her patients or other satellites, who usually remain unwanted due to their unusual appearance – where she steams off her deep existential anxiety. A meticulous character study that proves Leopold’s talent in open, unprecedented cinematic forms and elicits an extraordinary, subtle performance from Sandra Hüller (the protagonist of Toni Erdmann).
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Direction: Nanouk Leopold
Script: Nanouk Leopold
Cinematography: Frank van den Eeden
Editing: Katharina Wartena
Sound: Ferry de Pater
Music: Harry de Wit
Actors: Sandra Hüller, Dragan Bakema, Sabine Timoteo
Production: Circe Films
Producers: Stienette Bosklopper
Make Up: Nathalie De Hen
Format: 35mm
Color: Color
Production Country: Netherlands
Production Year: 2010
Duration: 97΄
Contact: Playtime, info@playtime.group

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