‘If the Sun Explodes’ is a film by director Hanna van Niekerk, winner of the Nederlands Filmfonds Wildcard award. ‘If The Sun Explodes’ is a road movie about Yara (Wies Fest) and Philippe (Egbert-Jan Weeber), who are young and in love but also very different. Faced with challenges sparked by a crisis situation far from home, their relationship is put to the test.
Moviezone Award Nederlands Film Festival 2016
'Het veelbelovende speelfilmdebuut van regisseur-scenarist Hanna van Niekerk (1991) schetst een treffend beeld van naar zingeving zoekende twintigers' - ★★★★ NRC
'Via de camera van Jean Counet lijkt het alsof ze in een aards paradijs wandelen, dat slechts af en toe verstoord wordt door een buitenstaander.' - ★★★★ Volkskrant
'...de levensecht klinkende, veelal geïmproviseerde dialogen over verliefdheid en liefde doen denken aan het werk van Éric Rohmer' - ★★★★ Parool
With: Wies Fest and Egbert-Jan Weeber
director: Hanna van Niekerk
director of photography: Jean Counet
sound: Kasper Koudenburg
production design: Steve Gijrath
first a.d.: Cora Aarnoutse
script continuity: Victoria Warmerdam
editor: Ben Isaacs
line producer: Constant van Panhuys
production manager: Charlotte Sarneel
executive producers: Maarten Kuit and Jeroen van den Idsert
coproducer: Ramunas Skikas
line producer Lithuania: Gabriele Burbaite
(C) 2015 Hazazah Pictures
director: Hanna van Niekerk
director of photography: Jean Counet
sound: Kasper Koudenburg
production design: Steve Gijrath
first a.d.: Cora Aarnoutse
script continuity: Victoria Warmerdam
editor: Ben Isaacs
line producer: Constant van Panhuys
production manager: Charlotte Sarneel
executive producers: Maarten Kuit and Jeroen van den Idsert
coproducer: Ramunas Skikas
line producer Lithuania: Gabriele Burbaite
(C) 2015 Hazazah Pictures
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