Sonja Barend receives a firm slap on the fingers from René Mioch. The film connoisseur finds it scandalous that she has publicly distanced herself from the play about her. “Shut up!”
Extremely painful for leading actress Angela Schijf and the other makers: Sonja Barend has publicly distanced herself from the play about her life that is about to premiere in Amsterdam. She believes that the history of her father, who was murdered in Auschwitz, is not discussed enough and that her TV career receives too much attention.
A bit late
Sonja faces fierce criticism. “A bit late, right?” says Patty Brard at the desk Show news.
Private boss Evert Santegoeds: “You may wonder when they received the script and when Sonja decided that she no longer wants to commit to it, because she has really distanced herself from this production. She doesn’t want to answer that anymore and she doesn’t want to say anything more about it.”
“Don’t interfere!”
Film expert René Mioch thinks Sonja is wrong. “What I find remarkable… This happens very often in the film world, when books are made into films. Then you have writers who want to be involved in every phase of the development, but Harry Mulisch always said: ‘I’ll sell it and make another work of art and I’ll see you at the premiere.’”
“Then you don’t bother with it anymore. When it’s as personal as this story is, I don’t think the makers can ever get it right. Then you really just shouldn’t bother with it anymore. Going to the premiere and saying: ‘It has become a completely different story, it is no longer about me, which is also good.’ You know, but let those people do their own thing.”
Shut up
Tooske Ragas sympathizes with the makers of the play. “Even from the perspective of the person who is going to watch, it seems a bit uncomfortable to me to watch a performance when you already know that Sonja herself doesn’t think it’s a good idea at all.”
René: “But that’s why I find it so painful. I think she should have kept her mouth shut until later. Yes, I think so. It also has to do with respect for those makers.”
Tooske: “It’s bad in any case.”