Mercedes

Mercedes

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Mercedes

2001

0h 10m

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Drama

Overview

Short film based on a short story by Jaap Scholten, in which a pregnancy does not last for nine months, but nine hours. A man and a woman meet each other at a party and decide to proceed to conceive a child. In the nine hours that follow, they pass through all stages of pregnancy, up to and including the childbirth.

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Daniël Boissevain

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Daniël Boissevain

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Rifka Lodeizen

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Rifka Lodeizen

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Edward Koldewijn

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