Tomorrow -Sunday September 13 2015- sends Buddhist television a film by director Biserka Suran about life in a commune. The group “Mandrill” in Maastricht consists of nine young women. They live closely together because they believe in the power of living together in a commune. Sharing their ideals, emotions and possessions has ensured that in the few years that they all live together have become a close-knit family.
The sisters Anna (24) and Amber (22) also live in the woongroep. Amber is about to graduate and make grand plans for the future. Anna does not know so well what she wants and looks rather against the moment of farewell. With the graduation of Amber still leave a few members of the commune. The group would still be the same without them? And they also take leave of each other with the leave of their ideals? This energetic documentary takes you to young idealists from now at a crossroads in their lives, on their way to an uncertain future.
Biserka Suran this year graduated from the Film Academy with her film Allez, Viens!. At sixteen she signs up for the Film Academy, but is not adopted. She is going to study Media and Entertainment Management, and makes as part of that program the documentary For Love about men who are abused by their female partner. With that film – aired in May 2012 by the VPRO – she is believed
Movie News she speaks out about the documentary about the group home
It is a film about a group home in.. Maastricht. Where did that idea come from?
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“I’m often angry about things I see. Social issues and about how the world works. For example, about that so few protested. Not even against developments affecting our generation. The Maagdenhuis occupation introduced me a little confidence, but good, my research phase was a year earlier. It’s not fun to work from something negative or to go out with a loss. More interesting is to show people who do it differently. In this way I hope to inspire others. “
How did you find the group home?
” I went to a lot of groups along. For quite a while I was busy with Ecovillage Bergen. Those people are the first Ecovillage of Netherlands with the establishment and there I was doing long research. Then there asbestos in the premises, so they had to leave their caravans. That was a shame, because the group I found interesting because they have such a big dream and at the same time also a lot of friction was in the group. Plan B was the mandrill; political and cultural center in Maastricht. That group consisted of girls my age, or rather younger still, somewhere between 20 and 25. I found them very nice, but I doubted whether there really is a story in it. Yes, there was probably a conflict, but you can go to get there? Because there is asbestos came into the Ecovillage, I was forced to switch. That I really liked. I am delighted that they have been the end.
“They lead itself to political and cultural center where they organize everything. They are very active in politics: organizing concerts and workshops and they all live consciously in a commune. They try to lead by sharing all their clothes anti-capitalist life. Food they collect by dumpster diving. Everything they do very intense and very aware. Because I wanted to make a film about it. “
” I have mostly vary the shape of the film of what I would find. I wanted to have you in the film as a viewer in, that you are really at the kitchen table; like a fly on the wall. That was the starting point for both groups; be there without too much present. At some point however, we noticed that when people are always in a group, it is sometimes difficult to make them individually to come forward. Ultimately, we have one of the last days separate scenes in which she played two and two together in conversation. “
And you have also a bit orchestrated?
” I thought on questions and they make together. “
And it is obvious to the viewer?
” That is very clear. It is also a breach of style. “
And that works?
” Yes, I do like style fractions. You have to love it “
Director:. Biserka Suran
Production: Olya van Poppel
Allez, Viens
Coming of age in the fringe of Maastricht
! Broadcast date: Sunday 13-9-2015 23:45:00 23:45 NPO 3 Filmlab
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