IN JOUW NAAM

Ton and Els are a young couple that sees its dreams come true when their baby girl is born. Unfortunately they don’t even have the time to give her a name: she dies suddenly from a rare disease. Ton takes it particularly hard and, despite Els’s emotional support, he cannot get over his grief. Instead, he starts perceiving her strength as a sign of betrayal. When Els accidentally gets pregnant again, she sees it as the start of a new life. She is so intent on moving on that she even denies the brief existence of their firstborn. Ton, instead, feels increasingly alone and abandoned.

“In Your Name intends to get under the skin of someone who commits an abominal, erratic act, and follow his reasoning. Can I get so far as to understand how a man, more or less like myself, could kill his wife? Really understanding him, instead of simply saying he is guilty? Ton is guilty, of course, but I want to take the audience by the hand, and show that Ton himself too is a victim. In this way we might find ways to prevent such acts, rather than merely condemn him and walk away.”

regia/director
Marco van Geffen
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Jolein Laarman, Marco van Geffen
fotografia/cinematography
Tom Peters
montaggio/film editing
Peter Alderliesten
scenografia/production design
Minka Mooren
costumi/costume design
Monica Petit
musica/music
Amatorski
suono/sound
Dirk Bombey, Michel Schöpping
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Barry Atsma (Ton), Lotte Verbeek (Els)
produttori/producers
Leontine Petit, Derk-Jan Warrink, Joost de Vries
produzione/production
Lemming Film
coproduzione/coproduction
A Private View, KinoElektron