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Balance

Country: The Netherlands, Language: Dutch, 15 mins

  • Director: Aaron Rookus
  • Writer: Aaron Rookus
  • Producer: Maarten van der Ven

CGiii Comment

Disturbing, moving, accomplished.

Quite, quite stunning.


Watch...

Balance from Aaron Rookus on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

Two people, whose lives are accidentally intertwined, have completely different experiences of power in sexual relationships. The sexual life of prosecutor Sabine (28) resembles some of Kris' (21) case about sexual abuse she is working on, while Kris forces himself into a sexual act with a prostitute.

Cast & Characters

Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito as Scarlett;
Daniel Cornelissen as Kris;
Viktor Griffioen as Willem;
Yannick Noomen as Stefan;
Jette Carolijn van Den Berg as Sabine