If Roel is talking about his mother, then it is about Mees his grandmother. Father and son made the documentary together. Roel is an experienced, praised documentary maker. Know many North Hollanders There they heard angels singthe controversial documentary about Ajax that was released at the time of the club’s centenary. Despite his age, Mees also made the necessary meters in the film trade.
A hundred hours of material
The recordings for I see everything, hear everything and want everything contributed to that. “We filmed so much in the home,” says Mees. “It is about a hundred o’clock in material. First you have to win the trust of the people you film. Then you are present as much as possible, not to miss important moments.” Roel, laughing: “It helped that Mees was very popular with the residents in the nursing homes.”
That Roel and Mees succeeded in winning the trust of the people in the home soon appears in the documentary. The moment when resident Huub breaks and no longer knows what she has to do with her life – in this place – in this state. Dementia has completely confused her familiar life. At least as impressive: the scene in which employees and a family member assist a resident in the last moments of her life.
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