Private Project

The Art of Life

When your hips refuse to cooperate so sex is no longer a option.
Going to the knitting club on a daily basis to defeat loneliness. Getting a dog to get over the grieve of your big love. Looking death straight in the eye with a smile, because you know your bones and the ones of your beloved will meet again in your graves.

THE ART OF LIFE connects all the big life themes within one retirement home, where we zoom in on four seniors who each found their own unique survival technique. What about love, passion and living a fulfilled live at a old age? But also; how can you keep you're head up with a life full of pain and sadness?

  • Meggy Gerritsen
    Director
  • Sophie van Bree
    Director
  • Mark Schonagen
    Director
  • Sophie van Bree
    Writer
  • Meggy Gerritsen
    Writer
  • Mark Schonagen
    Writer
  • Meggy Gerritsen
    Producer
  • Riet van de Wiel
    Key Cast
  • Janet van Heusden
    Key Cast
  • Jacoba Otten-Berkelaar
    Key Cast
  • Jan van Heusden
    Key Cast
  • Mark Schonagen
    Editor
  • Mark Schonagen
    Cinematographer
  • Sophie van Bree
    Interview
  • Meggy Gerritsen
    Sound
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Levenskunst
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short, Student
  • Genres:
    Drama, Age, Love, Death, Grief, Illness, Lonliness
  • Runtime:
    17 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 14, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Country of Filming:
    Netherlands
  • Language:
    Dutch
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
  • Go Short - International Go Short Film Festival Nijmegen
    Nijmegen
    Netherlands
    April 14, 2018
    World premiere
    Go Ahead
Director - Meggy Gerritsen, Sophie van Bree, Mark Schonagen