90 min | The Netherlands | 35 mm
tiger competition
world premiere
credits
PROD: Lagestee Film BV, Martin Lagestee
SALES: Lagestee Film BV
SCENARIO: Lodewijk Crijns
CAMERA: Menno Westendorp
EDITOR: Wouter Jansen
ARTDIR: Ben Zuydwijk
SOUND: Eric Leek
MUSIC: Jeroen Strijbos, Rob van Rijswijk
CAST: Hans Teeuwen, Dijn Blom, Kim van Kooten, Peer Mascini, Najib Amhali, Marc van Uchelen
screenings
28 thursday 14:00 Path� 1
28 thursday 20:15 Path� 4
29 friday 20:00 Path� 5
30 saturday 10:00 Path� 5
30 saturday 21:30 Filmcentrum Poelestraat 1
03 wednesday 09:30 Path� 6
06 saturday 16:30 Venster 1
06 saturday 15:00 Maastricht Path� 5
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Ramses (25, played by Hans Teeuwen) is given permission to leave the agricultural commune in Limburg, where he has lived for eight years like a hermit, to visit his dying father. He is collected by his younger sister Natasja (Kim van Kooten). Once outside the commune, the protagonist falls in love with Lonneke (Dijn Blom), a housemate of his sister. He has to choose between celibacy in the commune or a relationship outside it. Then it becomes apparent that his father is not really dying. Ramses finds himself in a maelstrom of events. Not used to making independent choices, he calls in the help of his messiah, the Kahn Guru. Jesus is a Palestinian is a parody on modern fashion trends in Western culture. Various themes - euthanasia, spirituality, self-mutilation - come together in an apocalypse in the year 2000, when the Messiah returns in the guise of a Palestinian. There has already been a lot of publicity about this film. For instance there were wild speculations about the well-known cabaret artist Hans Teeuwen who is temporarily out of circulation and is covered in piercings in the film. Crijns, who was previously known for his fake documentaries Kutzooi and Lap Rouge, wanted to visualise the motivation of someone who is converted to a (new) faith at a certain point in his life. In general a personal crisis is the basis for such a change.
Lodewijk Crijns
Lodewijk Crijns (1970, Eindhoven) studied film, theatre and music in Norway, spent two years at the Academy for Design in Tilburg and four years at the Dutch Film and Television Academy. Jesus is a Palestine is heis feature d�but.
films
Kutzooi (1996), Lap rouge (1996), De baby en de bakfiets (1997, tv), Jezus is een Palestijn (1999)
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