Vrijdag (1981)

ALL 03/07/1981 (nl) Drama 96 Min
  • Release
    03/07/1981
  • Production
    Elan Film N.V., Kunst en Kino
  • Rotten tomato
    45%
  • Original title
    Vrijdag
  • Original language
    nl
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Hugo Claus rewrote and directed Friday as the cinematic version of his original 1969 play of the same name. Just as in the play, the story begins with the theme of incest, as the father Georges (Frank Aendenboom) returns from serving his jail sentence for that crime. Unlike the earlier play, however, the film does not emphasize that aspect of the story. When Georges gets home he finds out that his wife Jeanne (Kitty Courbois) has had an illegitimate child by a younger man, Erik (Herbert Flack), and now both of them must somehow try to return to a normal life, given their only too obvious lapses in moral judgment. As the husband and wife try hard to accommodate each other's failings and start to get to know each other again, Erik comes back into the picture. Now the three of them must resolve the deep-seated conflicts that brought them to this emotionally-wrought juncture of love and betrayal.

  1. Hugo Claus

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Producer



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Casts

  1. Frank Aendenboom

    Georges

  2. Herbert Flack

    Erik

  3. Hilde Van Mieghem

    Christiane

  4. Kitty Courbois

    Jeanne

  5. Ann Petersen

    Moeder van Erik

  6. Karin Jacobs

    Solange

  7. Mimi Kok

    Weduwe van Charles

  8. Fons Rademakers

    Chef van Jules

  9. Jaap Hoogstra

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 9 , Crews : 4

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Vrijdag (1981) 96 Min

ALL 03/07/1981 (nl)
Drama
  • Release 03/07/1981
  • Production
    Elan Film N.V., Kunst en Kino
  • Original title Vrijdag
  • nl
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Hugo Claus rewrote and directed Friday as the cinematic version of his original 1969 play of the same name. Just as in the play, the story begins with the theme of incest, as the father Georges (Frank Aendenboom) returns from serving his jail sentence for that crime. Unlike the earlier play, however, the film does not emphasize that aspect of the story. When Georges gets home he finds out that his wife Jeanne (Kitty Courbois) has had an illegitimate child by a younger man, Erik (Herbert Flack), and now both of them must somehow try to return to a normal life, given their only too obvious lapses in moral judgment. As the husband and wife try hard to accommodate each other's failings and start to get to know each other again, Erik comes back into the picture. Now the three of them must resolve the deep-seated conflicts that brought them to this emotionally-wrought juncture of love and betrayal.

  1. Hugo Claus

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Ricardo Aronovich

    Editor

  4. Producer