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The South
The South

The South

Genres

Drama

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Martje is the manager of a successful laundry service, but in her personal life she struggles with her self-image after the amputation of one of her breasts. After she is humiliated when Loe, one of her employees, is startled by the discovery of her prosthesis during foreplay, she imprisons him in the laundry plant. As Loe is slowly dying in imprisonment, Martje loses contact with reality and starts imagining having a family with him.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Dutch

Runtime

87 mins

Rating

3.917/10

Release Date

24 January 2004

Country

Netherlands

Cast

Monic Hendrickx

Monic Hendrickx

Martje Portegies

Frank Lammers

Frank Lammers

Loe de Koning

Oksana Akinshina

Oksana Akinshina

Zoya

Olga Louzgina

Olga Louzgina

Galina

Nazmiye Oral

Nazmiye Oral

Leyla

Bart Klever

Bart Klever

Martje's ex-boyfriend

Ina Geerts

Ina Geerts

Dorien

Chris Comvalius

Chris Comvalius

Farida

Catalijn Willemsen

Catalijn Willemsen

Martje's ex-boyfriend's wife

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