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MEEUWEN STERVEN IN DE HAVEN
(SEAGULLS DIE IN THE HARBOUR)
The Kuypers-Verhavert-Michiels trio (amateur filmmaker, critic, and writer) achieved a sudden artistic breakthrough with Seagulls Die in the Harbor, elevating Flemish cinema with bold style and aesthetic. This bleak urban drama, set to Jack Sels and Max Damasse’s score, follows a tormented man (Julien Schoenaerts) through Antwerp’s port in stark, expressionist black-and-white. Though burdened by literary dialogue and a fragile script, echoes of French poetic realism, its mix of suffocating drama and thriller elements delivers a uniquely powerful vision.
Industrial wastelands, abandoned docks, and grim slums contrast with cold modern architecture, rich in symbolism. The six-week shoot began in May 1955.
Directed by : Rik KUYPERS, Roland VERHAVERT, Ivo MICHIELS
Year of production: 1955
Country: Belgium
Durée : 87 minutes
Year of production: 1955
Country: Belgium
Durée : 87 minutes
Credits
- Rik KUYPERS Director
- Roland VERHAVERT Director
- Ivo MICHIELS Director
- Rik KUYPERS Screenplay
- Roland VERHAVERT Screenplay
- Ivo MICHIELS Screenplay
Casting
- Julien SCHOENAERTS stranger
- Tine BALDER skipper's wife
- Piet FRISON skipper
- Tone BRULIN pimp
- Dora VAN DER GROEN prostitute
- Gisèle PEETERS Gigi
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Production
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EYEWORKS FILM & TV DRAMA BVBA
Fabriekstraat 43
1930
ZAVENTEM Belgium[email protected] / [email protected]http://www.eyeworksfilm.be/nl
