Melancholy Tales

1975· 95 min★ 7.3· Drama, Comedy

A series of four stories written by the Dutch writer Heere Heeresma, interpreted by four different directors. A confirmed bachelor bumps into his secretary after work. An old man just wants to be left alone at Christmas time. A former sailor yearns to get back to the sea, away from his clarinet playing wife. A shopkeeper in a rowboat gets into an argument with a postman on a bicycle.

Cast: Henny Alma, Fien Berghegge, Jon Bluming

Director: Bas van der Lecq, Nouchka van Brakel, Guido Pieters, Ernie Damen