Dagboek van een Oude Dwaas

Dagboek van een Oude Dwaas is a 1987 Dutch film directed by Lili Rademakers. It is based on a book by the Japanese writer Jun'ichirō Tanizaki. The film's international title is Diary of a Mad Old Man.

Dagboek van een Oude Dwaas
Directed byLili Rademakers
Written byClaudine Bouvier, Hugo Claus
Produced byFons Rademakers, Henry Lange, Pierre Drouot
CinematographyPaul Van Den Bos
Edited byToon De Graaff
Music byEgisto Macchi
Distributed byCannon Tuschinski Film Distribution (Netherlands, 1988)
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

The film was selected for the Semaine de la Critique from the Cannes film festival in 1988.

Plot

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Hamelinck, an already old man, suffers from a severe muscle disease and must stop working. It bothers him not long, because he gets under the spell of his daughter-in-law Simone. He admired her for years already, but now overwhelms her with gifts and treats her like a queen. He acts also submissive and is delighted as he can touch her leg. Just before he dies, Hamelinck makes the wish to get Simone's footprints on his memorial stone.

Cast

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