ALPHA.

By Jan-Willem VAN EWIJK

SEE NL (EYE / NETHERLANDS FILMFUND / NETHERLANDS FILM COMMISSION) - as PROMO

Drama - Completed 2024

In this existential adventure, a young snowboard teacher takes his father into the snowy mountains where they collide head-on, both with nature and each other.

Festivals
& Awards

VENICE 2024
Giornata
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Drama
    • Countries
    • NETHERLANDS
    • Languages
    • DUTCH
    • Duration
    • 100 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jan-Willem VAN EWIJK
    • Writer(s)
    • Jan-Willem VAN EWIJK
    • Producer(s)
    • Frank HOEVE (BALDR FILM)
    • Synopsis
    • After his mother passes away, Rein (27) disappears into the Alps to be alone within nature and to work as a snowboard instructor. A few months later, his father Gijs (55) comes to check on him. As they head onto the ski slopes together, Rein is increasingly frustrated with his father’s dominance and his own inability to stand up for himself. To regain control, he drags Gijs into the mountainous back country, with disastrous consequences…