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AnimationDrama

Father and Daughter

"Moved to tears in 8 minutes"

User Score184 votes
75%7.5/10
Release2001
Runtime0H 8M
LanguageNo Language
StatusReleased

Synopsis

A father says goodbye to his young daughter. In time the daughter grows old, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.

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Director

Michael Dudok de Wit

Michael Dudok de Wit

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Keywords

daughterparent child relationshiploss of loved onebicyclefamily relationshipslandscape

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CinemaSerf7/10

Iosef Ivanovici's "Danube Waves" serves as a great soundtrack for this delicately animated story of a young girl who says goodbye to her father before he sets off in a rowing boat and she on her bicycle. Along shaded, tree-lined avenues she goes and the seasons pass; the leaves come and go as does the snow. The sun sets lower not just on the horizon, but on her life as she ages and returns to that spot where she last saw her dad. No longer a waterway, but a sea of sand in which she finds the wreck of a small boat and... I loved the simplicity of this. The linear drawing, the shadow and the shade and so much of it left to our own imagination. We can pretty much put whatever emphasis we want on a story that might be dealing with longing and death - or, maybe not. Certainly worth watching for eight minutes, I'd say.

Feb 9, 2024

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Countries:BelgiumNetherlandsUnited Kingdom
Production:Dutch Film FundUK Film CouncilDutch Cultural Broadcasting Promotional FundCinéTé Filmproduktie B.V.VPRO