Gerlach

Gerlach van Beinum betreibt als einer der letzten Ackerbauern alter Schule seine Landwirtschaft in der Nähe von Amsterdam. Mit Hilfe seines Freundes Rinus baut er Kartoffeln, Getreide und Erdbeeren an, die er in seiner Scheune verkauft. Währenddessen bedrängt ihn die Außenwelt in Form von geldgierigen Unternehmern, der Stadtverwaltung, des benachbarten McDonald's und einer Missernte. Doch Gerlach macht unbeirrt weiter. Aliona van der Horst und Luuk Bouwman porträtieren den unerschütterlichen Landwirt mit der gleichen Hingabe, mit der er sein Land bearbeitet, mal in Großaufnahme, mal in Aufnahmen seines Schattens, den er auf sein geliebtes Feld wirft. (Lotte Schreiber)

GERLACH is the heartbreaking portrait of an arable farmer who has been taking care of his crops, his potatoes and grain for sixty years under the smoke of Schiphol Airport and is now experiencing the effects of industrial agriculture, globalization, and climate change. His country has been hemmed in by industrial estates and branches of multinationals. Directors Aliona van der Horst and Luuk Bouwman have filmed farmer Gerlach van Beinum since 2018, during all seasons, including a scorching summer and a soaking wet autumn. His land has been flooded. An apocalyptic image. We see how Gerlach, with the help of his brothers, carries out a lawsuit against the unreasonably long opening hours of a McDonald's branch, how his rheumatism causes him incessant pain and how zoning plans have no interest in traditional farming. But this is not a romantic or programmatic film. Gerlach is too down-to-earth for that and the farming life too complex. The classic-narrative and observing GERLACH was awarded the prize for best Dutch film during the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in 2023. The jury understood the film in a global perspective and compared Gerlach's struggle with that of indigenous farmers in the Global South who struggle with the expropriation of their land and exploitation of the earth through intensive and industrial agriculture. There are other major themes and parallels in the film, such as the destructive consequences of late capitalism, neoliberal economic policies, and the resulting climate crisis. (Dana Linssen)

Filmographie Regie (Auswahl)
Gerlach (2023, doc) - Turn Your Body to the Sun (2021, doc, van der Horst; CE24) - Allen Tegen Allen (All Against All, 2019, doc, Bouwman) - Liefde is Aardappelen (Love Is Potatoes, 2017, doc, van der Horst; CE18 & 24) - Dick Verdult: It Is True But Not Here (2017, doc, Bouwman) - De Bond tegen vloeken (The Leage Against Swearing, 2015, doc, Bouwman) - 15 Attempts (2013, doc, van der Horst) - Don’t Shoot The Messenger (2013, doc, van der Horst) - Donker Oss (Dark Oss, 2012, doc, Bouwman) - Water Children (2011, doc, van der Horst; CE24) - Boris Ryzhy (2008, doc, van der Horst; CE10 & 24) - Voices Of Bam (2006, doc, van der Horst, co-directed with Maasja Ooms; CE24) - A Passion For The Hermitage (doc series, 2006, van der Horst) - Na de lente van ’68 (After The Spring Of ’68, 2001, mid-length doc, van der Horst) - De dame met het witte hoedje (The Lady with the White Hat, 1997, mid-length doc, van der Horst)
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Aliona van der Horst, Luuk Bouwman
Niederlande 2023
color
77 Minuten
Niederländisch
OmeU

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Drehbuch Aliona van der Horst, Luuk Bouwman
Kamera Aliona van der Horst, Luuk Bouwman
Schnitt Luuk Bouwman
Ton/Sounddesign Aliona van der Horst, Mark Glynne
Musik Annette Kruisbrink, Bram Meindersma, Harry de Wit, Emanuele Pellegrini
Produzent*innen Ilja Roomans
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