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Thursday, 21. 11. 2024 / 16:40 / Main Hall

LIFFe / Adriatic Festival Network

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Milk Melk

Stefanie Kolk / Netherlands / 2023 / 96 min / Dutch

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Thursday, 21. 11. 2024 / 16:40 / Main Hall

LIFFe / Adriatic Festival Network

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Inspired by her own breastfeeding period, director Stefanie Kolk tells of the rocky paths that open up for some parents in the postpartum period. This intimate drama proves that conveying the strongest emotions can usually be done with few words.

cast Frieda Barnhard (Robin), Aleksej Ovsjannikov (Jonas), Pepijn Korfage (Jacques), Ruth Sahertian (Farnoosh), Jules Elting (Aurora), Murat Toker (hiker friend), Arnoud Bos (walking group leader), Zineb Fallouk, Wimie Wilhelm

festivals, awards Venice 2024, Thessaloniki 2023, Warsaw 2023

IMDb

Robin is the mother of a stillborn child. She gives birth to her lifeless baby, yet her body still prepares itself for breastfeeding. This means Robin has to spend numerous hours pumping her breast milk. But, as it's the only thing that still connects her to her child, to simply pour it away breaks her heart. She decides, therefore, to donate her milk, but this turns out to be easier said than done. As her quest for a place to donate becomes more difficult than anticipated, more and more milk starts to crowd her freezer, relationship, and life.

“The inspiration came also from meeting real partners of mothers and the mothers who donated milk after this. Of course, initially, you get told by the producers, and everybody, “Oh, yeah, he needs to be like an antagonist, you know, because otherwise, you don't have an antagonist.” I already felt like there was already conflict in just the amount of milk because you're like, something has to happen with this milk. /…/ It demands a drinker, this milk.” (Stefanie Kolk)

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