Romy de Vries

Afsluitdijk is a fictional film about the world's longest causeway. Afsluitdijk tells the tale of ants, Sofie Lely, the great granddaughter of the engineer of The Afsluitdijk, and mixes facts with previously unknown tennis-related easter eggs.

Stylised, largely French-spoken homage to Luchino Visconti about a 19th century young noblewoman who is surrounded by people from the moment she awakes. Resigned, she undergoes the morning ritual, in which three servants clothe her and do her hair. During the day, she grows increasingly paranoid. The people she sees remain unnoticed by the others. Or is she really watched?