Drift (2013 Belgian film)

Drift is a 2013 Belgium art house film about a couple that waits in an empty hotel in the Romanian Carpathian mountains. The modern ruins of post-communist Romania form the backdrop for a man's quest for redemption and, possibly, punishment following his wife's death after a long illness. It is directed by Benny Vandendriessche, with the storyline conceived from the performance art by performance artist Dirk Hendrikx. The film was produced by Peter Krüger for Inti Films and Raymond van der Kaaij for Revolver Media and stars Dirk Hendrikx, Lieve Meeusen and Constantin Cojocaru in principal roles. Drift is an esoteric and somewhat opaque meditation on loss and grief.[1]

Drift
Directed byBenny Vandendriessche
Written byBenny Vandendriessche
Dirk Hendrikx
Produced byPeter Krüger
co-produced by Raymond van der Kaaij
StarringDirk Hendrikx,
Lieven Meeusen
Constantin Cojocaru
Music byTom Denoyette
Production
companies
Inti Films, Belgium
Revolver, the Netherlands
Release date
  • October 16, 2013 (2013-10-16) (Busan International Film Festival)
Running time
83 minutes
CountryBelgium
LanguagesEnglish, Dutch, Romanian

The film had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival, and won the FIPRESCI award at the International Film Festival.[2] [3]

References
  1. Kerr, Elizabeth. "Belgian director Benny Vandendriessche returns with a meditative drama about a desperate drifter seeking redemption". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. "Official website".
  3. "FIPRESCI Festival report 62nd International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg, 2013". Archived from the original on 2013-12-21.


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